Cotton-top Tamarin Crossword Puzzle

Listo!  Ready to test your cotton-top tamarin knowledge?  Read the questions and pick the word from the list that best answers each question.  Write it in the correct squares in the crossword puzzle below. To find out what the words in the crossword puzzle mean, visit the tamarin fun facts page.

Words to choose from:

Binde	Family	Monkey	Tropical Forests
Chirp	Fruit	Proyecto Tití
Colombia	Insects	Recycling
Cotton top Tamarin	Mochila	Tail

ACROSS

2 Tiny monkey with a crest of white hair.

6 A primate with a tail is called a _____.

7 The only country in the world where cotton-top tamarins are found in the wild.

8 The sound that cotton-top tamarins produce, called a _____, could be mistaken for a bird’s call.

11 Cotton-top tamarins eat _____ and this is available in the forest seasonally.

12 Small cooking stove made of sand and clay that uses less firewood.

13 Conservation program that works with local communities to protect the cotton-top tamarin (in Spanish) HINT: Name of the website.

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1 A tasty treat for cotton-top tamarins available year round in the forest.

3 Cotton-top tamarins are found in the _____ of Colombia.

4 Your actions matter! One way to help cotton-top tamarins is by _____ newspaper.

5 Local communities support the conservation of cotton-top tamarins by using plastic bags to make a _____.

9 Cotton-top tamarins use this for balance.

10 Cotton-top tamarins depend on their _____ to learn about the environment.

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