golden lion tamarin

noun

1. a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.

Example Sentences

Over the years, it helped fund field studies of elephants in Sri Lanka and the release of golden lion tamarins in Brazil, and helped secure the 3,000 acres of land that is now the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va.

From Washington Post