Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin vs slender thistle

Leontocebus tripartitus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Callitrichidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Leontocebus	Carduus
Species	Leontocebus tripartitus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

slender thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.