Species at the Sanctuary
Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus)
Origin: Ecuador to Honduras
Conservation Status: Least concern
Lifespan: 47 years
Interesting fact: Even though capuchins tend to travel over a mile per day, they spend 47% of their nights in 1 sleeping tree in the core area of their home range.
White Tufted-eared Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Origin: Brazil
Conservation Status: Least concern
Lifespan: 11.7 years
Interesting fact: This species has been imported to several South American regions where it has adapted to local conditions, such as parks in Rio de Janeio
Weid's Tufted-eared Marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)
Origin: Just beneath the eastern-most tip of Brazil
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Interesting Fact: They are known to catch insects as they flee from swarms of army ants
Black Tufted-eared Marmoset (Callithrix penicillata)
Origin: South-central Brazil
Conservation Status: Least concern
Interesting Fact: Their diet consists of 70% tree gums
Saddleback Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis)
Origin: The common borders of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Columbia
Conservation Status: Least concern
Interesting Fact: During the wet season, these tamarins subsist almost entirely on fruit; but during the dry season, they forage about 1.5 hours per day for animal prey
Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinas oedipus)
Origin: The border of Colombia by Panama
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Interesting Fact: In the 1960s-1970s, more than 30,000 cotton-top tamarins were exported from Colombia for pets and biomedical research.
Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Origin: Mexico to Panama
Conservation Status: Endangered
Lifespan: 47 years in captivity
Interesting Fact: Spider Monkeys move through the forests using tail-assisted brachiation. This is an arboreal form of locomotion in which monkeys propel themselves forward by alternating hand grasps with tail grasps in sequence.
Conservation Status Glossary
Least concern: A larger population of this species exists relative to the most endangered species; but is still in danger of extinction with the current rate of deforestation
Rare: a small population exists in the wild; the species is presently not endangered but is considered at risk
Vulnerable: species has at least a 10% probability of extinction in the wild in the next 100 years.
Threatened: species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future
Endangered: the probability of extinction for the species is at least 20% within 20 years.
Critically Endangered: the probability of extinction is at least 20% within 10 years