Saguinus geoffroyi
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), also known as the Panamanian, red-crested or rufous-naped tamarin, is a tamarin, a type of small monkey, found in Panama and Colombia. It is predominantly black and white, with a reddish nape. Diurnal, Geoffroy's tamarin spends most of its time in trees, but does come down to the ground occasionally. It lives in groups that most often number between three and five individuals, and generally include one or more adults of each sex. It eats a variety of foods, including insects, plant exudates, fruits and other plant parts. Insects and fruits account for the majority of its diet, but exudates are also important. But since its teeth are not adapted for gouging trees to get to the sap, it can only eat exudates when they are easily available.
Although a variety of reproductive methods are used, the most common is for a single adult female in the group to be reproductively active and to mate with multiple adult males in the group. After a gestation period of about 145 days, she gives birth to either a single infant or twins. Males contribute significantly to care of the infants. Sexual maturity is reached at about 2 years, and it can live up to 13 years. Geoffroy's tamarin is classified as being "near threatened" by the IUCN. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildlife World Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Parque Municipal Summit | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Little Rock Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bioparque Wakatá | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Parque de la Conservación | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Santacruz zoo | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Buenaventura Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Prospect Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Central Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | zoologico de barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk | 🇺🇸 United States |
No species of the same family or order lives in Panama City, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Geoffroy’s Tamarin sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 106 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 11 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, August and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Geoffroy’s Tamarin in Panama City on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Geoffroy’s Tamarin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Panama City, in our data
Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Geoffroy’s Tamarin sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Geoffroy’s Tamarin is recorded against all the mammals logged in Panama City (106 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
