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Thomas Pennant, Synopsis of quadrupeds (Chester, Eng., 1771), plate 15 / Biodiversity Heritage Library / Smithsonian Libraries / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56916499IMAGE INFORMATION

Silky Monkey

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