Name: Golden Lion Tamarin
Description: The golden lion tamarin's head and body are about one foot long, and the tail is slightly shorter. It weighs about one and a half pounds.
Reason for being endangered: The golden lion tamarin is classified as a critically endangered species due to the fact that it only exists in severely fragmented subpopulations consisting of no more than fifty mature tamarins each, and that there has been continuing decline in the golden lion tamarin population. The golden lion tamarin is one of the most endangered of all mammals.
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