White-lipped Tamarin

Taxobox
name = White-lipped TamarinMSW3 Groves|pages=134]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Heymann "et al"|year=2003|id=41524|title=Saguinus labiatus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Saguinus"
species = "S. labiatus"
binomial = "Saguinus labiatus"
binomial_authority = (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)

The White-lipped Tamarin ("Saguinus labiatus"), also known as the Red-bellied Tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia.

The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise it is black with a thin white mustache on its face and a black-brown back.

They live in social groups of related animals. The mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most, but siblings (brothers and sisters) will also share the carrying of youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers.

There are three subspecies:
* "Saguinus labiatus labiatus"
* "Saguinus labiatus rufiventer"
* Thomas' Moustached Tamarin, "Saguinus labiatus thomasi"

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