About Saguinus leucopus (Günther, 1877)
The white-footed tamarin (Saguinus leucopus) has a silvery pale brown back marked with lighter streaks. Its underside is russet colored, and its tail is brown, sometimes ending with a white tip. The hands and feet of this species are white. The face is covered only thinly with white hairs, while thick brown hair grows around the neck and between the ears. Its forelimbs are shorter than its hindlimbs, and it has very sharp vision, hearing, and sense of smell. Average adult males weigh 494 grams, and average adult females are only slightly smaller at 490 grams. Unlike most other primates, which have nails on every digit, tamarins have claws on all digits except the big toe. The white-footed tamarin inhabits tropical dry forests, tropical wet forests, and both primary and secondary forests. It prefers forest edges located close to streams. Its diet includes insects, soft fruits, nectar, plant exudates, prey animals, and flowers.
