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About the Marmoset

Most marmosets are about 20 cm in length. Compared to other monkeys, they are not as advance. Marmosets have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They do not have wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually change throughout the day.

Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, eating different insects, fruit and leaves. They have long lower incisors (teeth), which enable them to chew holes in the trunks or branches of trees so they can eat the gum inside. Some types of marmosets only feed on gum.

Marmosets live in small family groups consisting of a mated pair and their offspring. They are thought to be territorial. In most species, twins are very common, and sometimes there are triplets. Young marmosets require a lot of care from the parents, and the male usually carries the infants on his back as the family group moves from place to place.

 

Here Are Some Pictures of Different Marmosets
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Pygmy Marmosets are the smallest of all the New World Monkeys.  

 

 

 Marmosets eat different insects, fruits and leaves.
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Although marmosets live in small groups, generally, many groups live close together.  

 

 Marmosets are adults after only two years. When they are full grown they weigh three ounces.

 
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Newborn babies only weigh .5 oz.

 

 

  

 

 

 This pygmy marmoset can be found in the Upper Amazon basin east of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern Bolivia and Brazil.
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