golden lion tamarin

noun

|Updated on: 13 Jul 2018

Definition of golden lion tamarin

: a tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) that has a reddish-gold coat and mane and occurs in remnants of tropical forest in southeastern Brazil

Recent Examples of golden lion tamarin from the Web

Once only 200 golden lion tamarins were left in the wild, the zoo said, but conservation measures and breeding programs had increased the wild population to 3,200.

— martin weil, Washington Post, "Two endangered monkeys born at zoo last week, one died Tuesday," 4 July 2018
Harpt placed bits of banana in the gift boxes for the ruffed lemur and the golden lion tamarins.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee's zoo animals celebrate the holidays like humans — ripping open gifts," 13 Dec. 2017
True to form, the golden lion tamarins — mom Levi, dad Basil and three children — made a beeline for their gift box, gathering around it to pull out banana bits and then tipping the box over and playing with it.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee's zoo animals celebrate the holidays like humans — ripping open gifts," 13 Dec. 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'golden lion tamarin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.