White-lipped tamarin

The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin that lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia. The red belly of this New World monkey is its most prominent characteristic. The rest of the animal is black with a thin white mustache on the face and a black-brown back. It lives in social groups of related animals, and the mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most of the time, but siblings also share the carrying of the youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers. Three subspecies are recognised: Saguinus labiatus labiatus, Saguinus labiatus rufiventer and Thomas' moustached tamarin, Saguinus labiatus thomasi.