Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Red-mantled Saddle-back TamarinThis tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.What does it look like?It has a red-mahogany mantle and a back streaked with black and pale hairs. The face and forecrown are black, while the belly is reddish.How does it live?This tamarin occurs in the Ecuadorian Amazon and eastern Andean foothills. The university species account describes it in lower and middle forest layers, feeding on fruit and insects.It is diurnal and uses lower and middle forest layers. The account reports it in primary and secondary forest, including edges and flooded forest, where it eats fruit and insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.