Salisbury Zoo Gets 2nd Cotton-top Tamarin
September 1, 2023/
There’s a new cotton-top tamarin at the Salisbury Zoo. Nikki is 4 and is on loan from the Southwick Zoo in Massachusetts and is now sharing an exhibit with Bianca, another cotton-top tamarin, and Timmy, a black-tufted marmoset. Cotton-top tamarins are critically endangered – in the wild – they’re found in Colombia.
Additional information from the Salisbury Zoo release:
Nikki has been getting along well with Bianca and Timmy, but before the animals could be introduced, Nikki was quarantined, as is procedure. Then, Nikki could see, hear and smell her future companions, and vice versa, before they could have direct access to each other.
