The Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) is named for its distinctive fluffy white crest encircling its head. When alarmed the male raises its plume of white fur in an effort to make itself look bigger and more impressive. Female Tamarins will apply their scent-marking tactics to ward off any intruders. Found in tropical forest edges and secondary forests in northwestern Colombia, it spends most of its time in the upper branches feeding on fruit, insects and gums.
