![]() ![]() Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, and feeding on insects, fruit, leaves, tack, sap, and gum. Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, Callibella humilis.Genus Callibella-Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset.Hershkovitz's marmoset, Mico intermedius.Gold-and-white marmoset, Mico chrysoleucos.Buffy-tufted marmoset, Callithrix aurita.Buffy-headed marmoset, Callithrix flaviceps.White-headed marmoset, Callithrix geoffroyi.Black-tufted marmoset, Callithrix penicillata.Etymology Ĭallithrix comes from Ancient Greek and means "beautiful fur". 95% of marmoset fraternal twins trade blood through chorionic fusions, making them hematopoietic chimeras. Īccording to recent research, marmosets exhibit germline chimerism, which is not known to occur in nature in any primates other than callitrichids. They are sometimes kept as pets, though they have specific dietary and habitat needs that require consideration. They have also been occasionally spotted in Central America and southern Mexico. Marmosets are native to South America and have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. Their body temperature is unusually variable, changing by up to 4☌ (7☏) in a day. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Relative to other monkeys, they show some apparently primitive features they have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. Most marmosets are about 20 cm (8 in) long. The term "marmoset" is also used in reference to Goeldi's marmoset, Callimico goeldii, which is closely related. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The marmosets ( / ˈ m ɑːr m ə ˌ z ɛ t s, - ˌ s ɛ t s/), also known as zaris or sagoin, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. Leontopithecus Lesson, 1840 (lion tamarins).Mico Lesson, 1840 (Amazonian marmosets)Ĭladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa.Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Atlantic marmosets).Callimico Miranda-Ribeiro, 1922 (Goeldi's marmoset).van Roosmalen, 2003 (Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset) Marmosets Ĭommon marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus) at Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte Not to be confused with Marmot or Marmozets. ![]()
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