Chimeras of Greek lore didn't come in monkey varieties as far as I know, but there's a first time for everything.
This fellow looks like an amalgam of several creatures: brown-coated rodent for hindquarters, a yeti upper half, and a bat-eared face of evil. Can it fly? Does it shoot iron spikes out of its tail?
Anyone know what kind of monkey it is? I imagine that with a simple peeling back of its lips it could flash some hefty canines.
UPDATE: Christopher Taylor has identified this monkey as a bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus bicolor).
Photo source: Richard Lowkes
Jan 6, 2009
Monkey Chimera
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9 comments:
looks like some kind of tamarin- i bet he's tiny awww
Definitely in the gargoyle family.
It's a bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus bicolor). They're found in northern Brazil, near Manaus.
But don't they look super soft?
:)
You mean, this isn't one of the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, decked out in its formal winter coat (made of the fur of innocent bunnies snatched from the ground with a whoop and a cackle)?
DISAPPROVING MONKEH IS BALD AND DISAPPROVING
Adult weight is just over a pound. Yep, tiny.
It is, in fact, a Saguinus bicolor, known in Brazil as "Saium-de-coleira". That species is only found near Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil, where it is commonly spotted in parks and forest reservations.
Here in the states, they're called Pied Tamarins. They have some here in Chicago at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Tamarin
They're feisty little buggers too. I've had one stand up on its hind legs and pound it's fists on the glass of his enclosure while staring me down.
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