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Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2007—Sancho the emperor tamarin's mighty mustache was recently on display for visitors to Berlin's Tierpark Zoo.

The emperor tamarin, which lives in lowland forests across Brazil and Peru, was supposedly named after German emperor Wilhelm II, who sported an iconic handlebar mustache during his late 19th-century to early 20th-century reign.

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