Lifespan
Around 18 years
The Sea Lion and Penguin habitats will be closed from 15 Jul 2024 – 2027.
The African Painted Dog exhibit will be closed from 7 – 27 Oct 2024 for upgrading.
The Leopard exhibit is closed for upgrading.
Travelling on the Mandai Khatib Shuttle will cost $2.50 each way from 1 Oct 2024.
The Wild Animal Carousel will delay opening on 16 Oct 2024 due to the Bi-Annual Carousel Drill.
The Chimpanzee exhibit will be closed from 4 - 6 Nov 2024 for upgrading.
Around 18 years
Fruits, flowers, nectar, plant gums, saps & latex
Humid to dry deciduous forests at altitudes of 400m
Colombia
The tamarins’ strong family bonds are why they’re chosen as one of our free-ranging species.
To start a free-ranging exhibit, the keepers select a lushly-planted location and build a small ‘hut’ in its middle. Branches for climbing and other ‘furniture’ are added to the ‘hut’. A family group of tamarins is then housed in the ‘hut’, where they will remain for the first few days. During this time, they get used to the human traffic and noises in their new environment.
Each year, hundreds of illegal pets come to us in such a manner, or as confiscations. Given our limited space and resources, it is a challenge for us to take in all of them. It’s illegal to keep exotic animals like cotton-top tamarins as pets.
Thousands of wild animals are removed from the wild to meet the demand for illegal pets and most die while being smuggled across borders. Do not buy exotic pets.
Critically Endangered
At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.
Unknown risk of extinction
At relatively low risk of extinction
Likely to become vulnerable in the near future
At high risk of extinction in the wild
At very high risk of extinction in the wild
At extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Survives only in captivity
No surviving individuals in the wild or in captivity