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Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of one of the world's smallest and rarest primates, a tiny Cotton-top Tamarin.
It's also a first for doting parents, Esmeralda and Diego.
"Diego is playing a very active role in caring for the baby. We usually see the baby on his back during the day, so mum must be doing the night shift," primate keeper Alex Wright said.
Taronga's new baby cotton-top tamarin. Photo: Paul Fahy/Taronga Zoo
Native to forests in north-western Colombia, cotton-top tamarins usually weigh less than 500 grams as adults and have a distinctive crest of white hair.
They are classified as a critically endangered species, with fewer than 6000 thought to be left in the wild.
Taronga's new baby cotton-top tamarin. Photo: Paul Fahy/Taronga Zoo
Although a target of the illegal pet trade in South America, the primate's main threat comes from deforestation, which is estimated to have claimed 75 per cent of its original habitat.
Taronga has partnered with wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC to help protect cotton-top tamarins and other targets of illegal wildlife trade through its Wildlife Witness app.
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