📸 PhotoPhoto: Kevin Barret · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin
Saguinus imperator (Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin · エンペラータマリン)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 518.5 g is similar to the weight of a 500 mL bottle of water (Comparison).
- 💡 Captive individuals enjoy being stroked by human hands and will even lie on their backs for petting, and the species is a rare exhibit in zoos.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin is a small monkey living along Amazonian forest margins, best known for the long white mustache that hangs down to its chest.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is mostly gray with fine yellow hairs mixed into the back, rusty-red hairs on the chest, and a silvery-brown crown. Its hands and feet are black, its tail is reddish brown, and two strands of white mustache hang down to its chest.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on fruits, flowers, nectar, and tree sap, obtaining protein from invertebrates such as locusts, beetles, butterflies, spiders, and ants. Active by day, it lives in groups of 2–8 individuals (up to 15), and males help raise the young.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000812
- • iucnredlist.org — 39948
- • wikidata.org — Q114937
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Black-chinned emperor tamarin (S. i. imperator).jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Saguinus imperator
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.