Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 30, 1824
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 125
Notes:
The silky monkey (also known as the marikina (by Buffon) and Simia rosalila (by Linnaeus), now the golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), is a small New World monkey native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Silky monkey
Current Common Name:
Golden lion tamarin
Current Scientific Name
Leontopithecus rosalia
