# A zoo in England has welcomed the birth of twins to a pair of critically endangered cotton-top tamarins. The babies, born on 3 April, are the third set of offspring for parents Gurt and Mico at Marwell Zoo near Winchester in Hampshire. The species is critically endangered mainly due to deforestation, habitat destruction and the illegal pet trade in Colombia. Newborns are about ten centimetres long from head to tail. About two-thousand mature adults remain in the wild, confined to parts of north-west Colombia.
English zoo celebrates birth of endangered tamarin twins