Golden Lion Tamarins
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Creator: Cohen, Jessie
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1983
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: December 1983
Captive-born golden lion tamarins are being introduced to their natural habitat in Brazil thanks to efforts of researchers at the National Zoo. As part of a program to prevent their extinction, fifteen were sent on their way early in November. Zoo biologist Devra Kleiman is sitting second from right.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in TORCH, December 1983, on page 1.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: December 1983
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1983
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2003-19577
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print