Cotton-top Tamarin Skull Replica
$121.00
A complete ring bone that circles the eye socket that helps stabilize their vision while they are leaping or chewing is clearly visable for classroom study.
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Description
Cotton-top tamarin skull replica measures 2.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches. Saguinus oedipus skull is a museum-quality polyurethane cast from California Academy of Sciences specimen. Two-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
This species features a gracile and globular braincase. Moreover, it holds a brain that is much larger than other primates of comparable body size. The face is narrow with a prominent snout, while a key diagnostic feature includes the wide spacing between the nostrils typical of New World monkeys.
The lower jaw is characteristically shallow, reflecting a specialized focus on soft fruit consumption. Consistent with other platyrrhines, the skull features broad incisors specifically used for peeling through fruit skins.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Family: Callitrichidae
- Genus: Saguinus
- Species: S. oedipus
- Binomial name: Saguinus oedipus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Conservaton status: Critically endangered
The cotton-top tamarin stands as the definitive model for studying the specialized cranial adaptations of small-bodied, arboreal New World primates. To observe the extreme divergences collectors often side-board this specimen with the potto monkey skull replica to contrast the delicate dental structure and unique mandibular morphology characteristic of this gunus.
To further diversity the collection, the squirrel monkey male skull replica and the pygmy slow loris skull replica offer the necessary morphological contrast in braincase expansion and the specialized large orbital structures found in nocturnal primates compared to their diurnal South African counterparts.
Additional information
| Weight | 2.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 2.1 × 1.5 × 1.5 in |
| International Monkey Day - December 14th | International Monkey Day has been created to celebrate monkeys on December 14th, as well as “all things simian,” which includes lemurs, tarsiers, apes, and other non-human primates. It is a great day when it comes to raising awareness about different types of monkeys and primates around the world, as well as the issues they face and how we can help them. |
