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Saguinus imperator
The fur of the Emperor Tamarin is predominantly grey colored, with yellowish speckles on its chest. The hands and feet are black and the tail is brown. Outstanding is its long, white mustache, which extends to both sides beyond the shoulders. The animal reaches a length of 24 to 26 cm (9½ to 10¼ in), plus a 35 cm (13¾ in) long tail. It weighs approximately 300 to 400 g (10½ to 14 oz).
It lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas.
Spotted on Oct 5, 2011
Submitted on Jan 25, 2012
26 Comments (1–25)
Yes indeed @honeydogleo!
Someone needs to shave
Nice mustache
Fantastic capture and fantastic captures on all your spottings. This community has grown so fast in the past year. Quality photos are often lost here simply because of the sheer number of spottings. I for one do my best to post high quality photos and I can see that you do too! May you be blessed with many more.
Wonderful spotting! So lovely!
VERY COOL!!!
Love him!
Perfect honor for lovely organism...
Congratulations Marc, this spotting has been featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3056774...
Congrats. Well deserved.
Very adorable Primate...!!
What a mustache guy..
Congratulations
Very Cool Congratulations Marc!!!
Wonderful spotting!
Monkey with a mustache, had never seen! Congratulations, nice picture!
congratulations!
Congrats Marc! This mustached monkey has been selected as Spotting of the Day!
"Emperor tamarins are thought to have been named after the Emperor of Germany, Emperor Wilhelm II, due to their long, white moustaches."
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What an awesome photograph!
Gorgeous!
Aldrin: yes I did! I guess I got lucky, and I must say it is an amazing animal ;)
Amazing,
Ah what a cutie! Lovely shot :)
What a lovely spotting! Cool moustache!!
nice spotting. :) did you find it in the wild?
I'm glad I could help!