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=Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus Rosalia) =

Golden Lion Tamarin is an __omnivore__. It eats fruits, insects, and small lizards. __ Habitat:__ Lives in the Atlantic coastal jungles of Brazil. __Main reason for decline__: Habitat deforestation. Less than two percent of the forest remains. Golden Lion Tamarin is __currently on the endangered list__. Species was first put on the endangered list in 1970, and then was raised on the critically endangered list in 1996; in 2003 species was put back on endangered list. __Conservation Efforts__: [|Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program] at the Smithsonian National Zoo are trying to strengthen the wild population and maintain a secure captive population in zoos. [|Golden Lion Tamarin Association] was formed in Brazil in November 1992 to administer and implement the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program. The [|Save the Golden Lion Tamarin] organization was created in 1983 to rescue, protect, and conserve the golden lion tamarins in their natural habitat. __Projections for the Future__: By 2025, the SGLT wants to have 2,000 Golden Lion Tamarins living on 25,000 hectares(61,150 acres) of protected forests.