Black Lion Tamarin
Leontopithecus chrysopygus
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Mammals
The black lion tamarin, also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. It was thought to be extinct for 65 years until its rediscovery in 1970.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Callitrichidae
- Genus
- Leontopithecus