How many baby Golden-headed lion tamarins are in a litter?
A Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 75 grams (0.17 lbs) and measure 1.4 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Callitrichidae family (genus: Leontopithecus). An adult Golden-headed lion tamarin grows up to a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), also the golden-headed tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the lowland and premontane tropical forest fragments in the state of Bahia, and therefore is considered to be an endangered species. It lives at heights of 3–10 metres (9.8–32.8 ft). Its preferred habitat is within mature forest, but with habitat destruction this is not always the case. Several sources seem to have different information on the number of individuals within a group, and the type of social system that may be apparent. The golden-headed lion tamarin lives within group sizes ranging from 2 to 11 individuals, with the average size ranging from 4 to 7. According to various sources, the group may consist of two adult males, one adult female, and any immature individuals, one male and one female and any immature individuals, or there may be one producing pair and a varying number of other group members, usually offspring from previous generations. There is not much known on its mating system, but according to different sources, and information on the possible social groups, it can be assumed that some may practice monogamous mating systems, and some may practice polyandrous mating systems. Both males and females invest energy in caring for the young, and all members of the group also help with juvenile care.
Other animals of the family Callitrichidae
Golden-headed lion tamarin is a member of the Callitrichidae, as are these animals:
- Common marmoset with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Red-handed tamarin with 2 babies per pregnancy
- White-lipped tamarin with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Emperor tamarin becoming 20.17 years old
- Goeldi’s marmoset with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Pied tamarin with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Superagüi lion tamarin weighting only 605 grams
- White-headed marmoset weighting only 342 grams
- Brown-mantled tamarin with 1 babies per pregnancy
- White-footed tamarin with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Golden-headed lion tamarin
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Littledale’s whistling rat
- Pel’s flying squirrel
- Selous’s mongoose
- Layard’s palm squirrel
- Feathertail glider
- Saharan striped polecat
- Slender rat
- Moncton’s mosaic-tailed rat
- Balkan snow vole
- Caracal
Animals with the same weight as a Golden-headed lion tamarin
What other animals weight around 573 grams (1.26 lbs)?
- Greater guinea pig weighting 460 grams
- Siberian weasel weighting 531 grams
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose weighting 485 grams
- Central Texas pocket gopher weighting 599 grams
- Sunda flying fox weighting 466 grams
- Swynnerton’s bush squirrel weighting 675 grams
- Variegated squirrel weighting 485 grams
- Amazon bamboo rat weighting 650 grams
- White-faced spiny tree-rat weighting 610 grams
- California ground squirrel weighting 598 grams