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title: "Gouden leeuwaapje"
description: "Leontopithecus rosalia — Zoogdieren. The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu, - liˈɐ̃w -]), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/golden-lion-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gouden leeuwaapje

> Leontopithecus rosalia — Zoogdieren. The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu, - liˈɐ̃w -]), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae.

- Scientific name: *Leontopithecus rosalia*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 597
- Wikidata: [Q208486](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208486)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43396](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43396)

## Names

- en: Golden Lion Tamarin
- de: Goldenes Löwenäffchen
- es: Tamarino león dorado
- fr: Tamarin Soyeux
- nl: Gouden leeuwaapje
- pt: Mico-leão-dourado
- pl: Marmozeta lwia

## Countries with the most observations

BR (201)

## Summary

The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu, - liˈɐ̃w -]), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. Its geographic range is entirely within the state of Rio de Janeiro. A 2022/2023 census estimated about 4,800 individuals living in the current primary area of occurrence in the non-coastal area of the São João and Macaé river basins, with unknown but smaller additional numbers in limited coastal…

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

## Photo

![Gouden leeuwaapje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-lion-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327747130

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/golden-lion-tamarin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).