Golden-handed tamarin

Description

The yellow-handed tamarine (Saguinus midas Linneo,1758) is a Platy- Mine primate of the Cebidae family.Dimensions: Measure up to 70 cm,with the longest tail of the body of 15 cm,for a weight of about 460 g.Appearance: The hair is long,of a uniformly black color,except for the hands,which are covered with yellow or orange-red fur: this peculiar characteristic led Linnaeus to classify these animals as Simia midas,from the legendary King Midas who had the ability to transform in gold everything he touched.Despite the close genetic affinity with the S.mystax group tamarins,it does not have a beard on the face,which is instead glabrous and black.The hands have pointed claws like claws,except for the thumbs (not opposable),on which there is a wide and flattened nail.There are suprapubic and subocaudal glands,of which the animal is used to mark the territory and at the same time to communicate to other individuals about their sex,age,sexual receptivity,etc.