Moustached tamarin

The moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax) is a New World monkey found only in South America, in the tropical rainforests of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is named for the white, curly hair around the mouth that looks like a moustache, set against a brownish-black body with a white nose. The face is flat with almond-shaped eyes, the ears are furry and large, and the body hair is long and silky. Adults weigh 500 to 600 grams and females are larger than males. Claw-like nails on every digit except the big toe let it cling to trunks while feeding, and unlike many New World monkeys it has non-opposable thumbs and no prehensile tail. About sixty percent of females have trichromatic colour vision, which helps in finding fruit, while the rest of the population is dichromatic. Three subspecies are recognised, and captive animals live about twenty years.