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title: "Red-chested Mustached Tamarin"
description: "Saguinus labiatus — Mammiferi. The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-chested-mustached-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-chested Mustached Tamarin

> Saguinus labiatus — Mammiferi. The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and  Bolivia.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus labiatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 72
- Wikidata: [Q934692](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934692)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43388)

## Names

- en: Red-chested Mustached Tamarin
- de: Rotbauchtamarin
- es: Pichico Pecho Anaranjado
- fr: Tamarin labié
- nl: Roodbuiktamarin
- pl: Tamaryna czerwonobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

BR (43), BO (12)

## Summary

The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and  Bolivia.
The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise it is black with a thin white mustache on its face and a black-brown back.
They live in social groups of related animals. The mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most, but siblings (brothers and sisters) will also share the carrying of youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers.
There are three subspecies:

Saguinus…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lipped_tamarin

## Photo

![Red-chested Mustached Tamarin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-chested-mustached-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: jose_balderrama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334920562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-chested-mustached-tamarin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).