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Cage #10: Home of the Bicolored Tamarins at the Philadelphia Zoo.
The nest box is located in the top left corner of the exhibit and provides a concealed place for sleeping.
Cage furniture like vines and rocks make it possible for the Tamarins to move around the cage quickly.
Sit down and enjoy your meal.
These tamarins maintain their bicolored coat by autogrooming.
A good look at their distinguishing dochromatic coat.
These tamarins spend alot of time exploring their surroundings.
The tamarins oftem forage for insects or food on the floor of the cage.
Allogrooming is a social behavior that often shows dominance in most groups of primates.
Bicolored Tamarins are arboreal animals, and thus exhibit alot of climbing behavior and seldom touch the cage floor.
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