Golden Lion Tamarin Twins Born At Atlanta Zoo: 'Two Especially Important Births'

Atlanta Zoo has been doubly blessed this week with the birth of Golden Lion Tamarin Twins! The Zoo recently announced that the endangered Golden Lion Tamarins, Blixx and Tiete, have birthed twins in February.

In their natural habitat, the Golden Lion Tamarins are often only found in the Atlantic Coastal Forest, Brazil. Only 2% of Tarmarins' natural habitat remains in a livable condition for them. The Golden Lion Tamarins' are listed as "Endangered" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In a recent press release, Atlanta Zoo stated that: "in the 1970s the golden lion tamarin was on the brink of extinction, with only 200 tamarins left in the wild, "In the 1990s and early 2000s, a successful cooperative breeding program led to zoo-born tamarins' reintroduction, including two family groups from Zoo Atlanta, into the Atlantic Coastal Forest.