Bearded Emperor Tamarin

Bearded Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator subgrisescens (EEP)

Bearded Emperor Tamarins owe their name to their impressive, ‘imperial-style’ white moustache and the white beard under their chin.
 
This species lives in family groups numbering about 10, usually containing just one breeding female. She lets the males know when she is receptive by means of pheromones emitted during anogenital olfactory marking, which inhibits ovulation in the group’s subordinate females.
 
The Bearded Emperor Tamarins’ habitat, once highly inaccessible, is increasingly affected by deforestation because of the building of roads for logging and cattle-breeding.

Status in the wild (Source: IUCN)  

• Not evaluated
  NE
• Data deficient
  DD
• Least concern
  LC
• Near threatened
  NT
• Vulnerable
  VU
• Endangered
  EN
•  Critically endangered
  CR
• Extinct in the wild
  EW
• Extinct
  EX