Mura’s saddleback tamarin: A new Monkey Discovered at Brazil

Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Information, Monkey, Wildlife News.

One more feather in the cap of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Yes! They announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.

This monkey was first noticed in 2007by the scientists and confirmed the presence in Amazon forest - state of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.

International Journal of Primatologypublished this news in their onlineversion of the journal. The authors include Fabio Röhe of the Wildlife Conservation Society, José de Sousa e Silva Jr. of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Ricardo Sampaio of the Instituto Nacional de Parquisas de Amaozônia, and Anthony B. Rylands of Conservation International.

This gray colored monkey sometimes noticed with dark brown in color also.It contains distinctly mottled “saddle”. The monkey is 9 inches tall and weighing about 213 grams. The length of the tail is 12.6 inches.

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