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Lion tamarins' survival hangs in balance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jeremy Mallinson
Jeremy Mallinson
Affiliation:
Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, Jersey, Channel Islands.
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The three species of lion tamarins face extinction as the last remnants of Brazil's coastal forests are whittled away. The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust has been directly involved in captive breeding of the golden lion tamarin and its Zoological Director is an elected member of the seven-person International Management Committee for the species. He visited Brazil in 1983 to see the conservation work being carried out and describes attempts that have been and are being made to save these spectacular New World primates.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 72 - 78
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1984

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