How to Use tamarin in a Sentence

tamarin

noun
  • The birth of the tamarins was the first for the Zoo in a decade.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 July 2018
  • Male marmosets and tamarins lose weight while carrying the young.
    — Time, 17 June 2023
  • Pied tamarins are 11 to 12 inch long monkeys with furry bodies and bare faces.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Emperor tamarin monkeys are most likely to stay close to home, so the zoo searched near their habitat and across the grounds.
    — James Hartley Fort Worth Star-Telegram (tns), al, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The family will remain as a unit as the new tamarins reach maturity.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 July 2018
  • These diminutive primates are one of three Amazonian species of tamarin.
    — National Geographic, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Emperor tamarins live in social groups in the wild, and the two brothers are never far from each other, zoo officials said.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Along with the tamarin monkeys, which were sitting on a piece of chain-link fence inside a bedroom closet, police found a dozen pigeons and four or five cats.
    — María Paúl, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This ensures the juvenile tamarins learn how to raise their own offspring successfully, Moore says.
    — National Geographic, 12 May 2018
  • He was charged with six counts of animal cruelty in connection with the tamarin monkeys and has since been charged with two counts of burglary to a building.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Cotton-top tamarins, too, are losing their Amazonian habitats.
    — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Monkeys, including howler monkeys, orangutans, tamarins and mandrills.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • The tamarin monkeys were returned to the zoo, where veterinarians will examine them on Tuesday evening.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But some other primates, including tamarins and bush babies, must birth infants whose head is almost twice as large as what their mom’s pelvis seems to accommodate.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • The zoo has welcomed many new baby animals this year, including a giraffe, lemurs, emperor tamarin monkeys and an elephant.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • Harley will be a companion to Tonks, an 11-year-old female Geoffroy’s tamarin, the aquarium said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2024
  • The emperor tamarin monkeys were reported stolen from their habitats at the Dallas Zoo on Monday.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • He was accused of stealing two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo and cutting into other habitats.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2024
  • In the days and weeks that followed, a breach was found in the langur monkey enclosure, an endangered vulture was found dead and a pair of emperor tamarin monkeys were allegedly stolen.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • However, the zoo indicated that golden tamarins remain endangered.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 July 2018
  • Bella and Finn, the emperor tamarin monkeys, continue to be cared for in quarantine at the zoo hospital before they can be reintroduced to their habitat.
    — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The Zoo was kind enough to send over some adorable photos and videos of their Thanksgiving feast, which included a tamarin eating a pumpkin, a tortoise eating an apple and sun bears chomping on gourds.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Irvin was arrested February 2, just days after police say the tamarin monkeys were intentionally taken from their zoo enclosure, which had been cut open.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In the past, the Small Mammals Building has been the home of such animals as fruit bats, sloths, porcupines, armadillos, tamarins, otters, lemurs and mongooses.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The two emperor tamarin monkeys that were stolen from the Dallas Zoo last month were seen running around in their enclosure Monday after being released from quarantine.
    — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The zoo, which specializes in rare and endangered species, was the first to successfully breed a black lion tamarin in captivity in 1990, according to their website.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
  • There are about 2,500 tamarins in the wild today, and conservationists are hoping to ensure the monkeys’ survival by expanding the natural habitat.
    — Chris Stanford, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
  • In the days leading up to the emperor tamarin monkeys being taken, a man had been raising suspicions at the zoo, asking questions not only about moving and caring for such monkeys, but about the clouded leopard that had escaped, an affidavit said.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The release went on to share several key facts about the tiny primates, including that only 2,000 mature cotton-top tamarins — which are native to the forests of northwestern Colombia — exist in the wild.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • For instance, golden lion tamarins find prey in tree hollows and call to youngsters to join in, says Lisa Rapaport, a behavioral anthropologist at Clemson University.
    — National Geographic, 7 May 2016

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