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Marmosets are New World monkey
New World monkey

New World monkeys are the four families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae....
s of the genus Callithrix, which contains 18 species. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the Goeldi's Marmoset
Goeldi's Marmoset

Goeldi's Marmoset or Goeldi's Monkey is a small, South America New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon Basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Callimico goeldii, which is not part of the genus Callithrix and is not discussed in this article.

Most marmosets are about long. Relative to other monkey
Monkey

A monkey is a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers. More specifically, the term monkey refers to a subset of monkeys: any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes....
s, they show some apparently primitive features: they have claw
Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most mammals, birds, and some reptiles. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end of the leg or Arthropod leg for gripping a surface as the creature walks....
s rather than nail
Nail (anatomy)

A nail is a horn -like structure at the end of an animal's finger or toe. See also claw....
s, and tactile hairs on their wrists.






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Marmosets are New World monkey
New World monkey

New World monkeys are the four families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae....
s of the genus Callithrix, which contains 18 species. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the Goeldi's Marmoset
Goeldi's Marmoset

Goeldi's Marmoset or Goeldi's Monkey is a small, South America New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon Basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Callimico goeldii, which is not part of the genus Callithrix and is not discussed in this article.

Most marmosets are about long. Relative to other monkey
Monkey

A monkey is a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers. More specifically, the term monkey refers to a subset of monkeys: any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes....
s, they show some apparently primitive features: they have claw
Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most mammals, birds, and some reptiles. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end of the leg or Arthropod leg for gripping a surface as the creature walks....
s rather than nail
Nail (anatomy)

A nail is a horn -like structure at the end of an animal's finger or toe. See also claw....
s, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain
Brain

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as cnidarian and echinoderm have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all....
 layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually variable, changing by up to 4 °C (7 °F) in a day.

Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, and feeding on insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
s, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 and leaves. They have long lower incisor
Incisor

Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below....
s, which allow them to chew holes in tree trunks and branches to harvest the gum inside; some species are specialised feeders on gum.

Marmosets live in family groups of 3 to 15, consisting of one to two breeding females, an unrelated male, their offspring and occasionally extended family members and unrelated individuals. Their mating systems are highly variable and can include monogamy
Monogamy

Monogamy is the state of having only one husband, wife, or sexual partner at any one time. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word monos "?????", which means one or alone, and the Greek word gamos "?????", which means marriage or union....
, polygyny
Polygyny

Polygyny is a form of polygamy, where a man has more than one recognized female sexual partner or wife at the one time. It is distinguished from a man who has a sexual partner outside marriage, such as a concubine, casual sexual partner, paramour, or other culturally recognized secondary partner....
 and occasionally polyandry
Polyandry

In social anthropology and sociobiology, polyandry refers to a form of polygamy marriage , or other sexual union, in which one individual is married to two or more husbands at the same time....
. In most species, fraternal twins are usually born, but triplets are not unknown. Like other callitrichines, marmosets are characterized by a high degree of cooperative care of the young and some food sharing and tolerated theft. Adult males, females other than the mother, and older offspring participate in carrying infants. Most groups scent mark and defend the edges of their ranges, but it is unclear if they are truly territorial, as group home ranges greatly overlap.

The monkey is mentioned in Shakespeare's Tempest, when Caliban
Caliban (character)

File:Shakespear's Caliban.jpgCaliban is one of the primary antagonists in William Shakespeare's The Tempest....
 says he will instruct his new master Stephano "how to snare the nimble marmoset" [for eating], on the no-man island where the play takes place (Act 2, Scene 2).

According to recent research, marmosets exhibit germline chimerism, which is not known to occur in nature in any other primate
Primate

A primate is a member of the biological order Primates , the group that contains lemurs, the Aye-aye, Lorisidaes, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including humans....
.

Species list

  • Subgenus Callithrix – Atlantic marmosets
    • Common Marmoset
      Common Marmoset

      Common Marmoset is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the Northeastern coast of Brazil. Through release of captive individuals, it has expanded its range since the 1920s to Southeast Brazil and became there an invasive species, raising concerns about genetic pollution of similar species such as the Buffy-tufted Marmoset and predat...
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus
    • Black-tufted Marmoset
      Black-tufted Marmoset

      The Black-tufted Marmoset , also known as the Black-pencilled Marmoset and Mico-estrela in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neotropic gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau....
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) penicillata
    • Wied's Marmoset
      Wied's Marmoset

      Wied's Marmoset , also known as Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in tropical and subtropical forests of south western Brazil....
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) kuhlii
    • White-headed Marmoset
      White-headed Marmoset

      The White-headed Marmoset , also known as the Tufted-ear Marmoset or Geoffrey's Marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil.One of the more common cebids in captivity, many zoos keep and breed the species....
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) geoffroyi
    • Buffy-headed Marmoset
      Buffy-headed Marmoset

      The Buffy-headed Marmoset is a marmoset endemic to Brazil.ReferencesExternal links * ARKive -...
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) flaviceps
    • Buffy-tufted Marmoset
      Buffy-tufted Marmoset

      The Buffy-tufted Marmoset , also known as the Buffy Tufted-ear Marmoset or White-eared Marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in the forests on the Atlantic coast of southeast Brazil....
      , Callithrix (Callithrix) aurita
  • Subgenus Mico - Amazonian marmosets
    • Rio Acari Marmoset
      Rio Acari Marmoset

      The Rio Acari Marmoset, Callithrix acariensis, is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.References...
      , Callithrix (Mico) acariensis
    • Manicore Marmoset
      Manicore Marmoset

      The Manicore Marmoset is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil. It was discovered less than 200 miles from Manaus, near the Madeira River. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears....
      , Callithrix (Mico) manicorensis
    • Silvery Marmoset
      Silvery Marmoset

      The Silvery Marmoset is a New World monkey that lives in Brazil, south and east of the Amazon basin. Compared to other marmosets, they have a very isolated habitat....
      , Callithrix (Mico) argentata
    • White Marmoset
      White Marmoset

      The White Marmoset , or Golden-white Bare-ear Marmoset, is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.References...
      , Callithrix (Mico) leucippe
    • Emilia's Marmoset
      Emilia's Marmoset

      Emilia's Marmoset , also known as Snethlage's Marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the Brazilian states of Para and Mato Grosso.it was named to honour Emilie Snethlage....
      , Callithrix (Mico) emiliae
    • Black-headed Marmoset
      Black-headed Marmoset

      The Black-headed Marmoset is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.References...
      , Callithrix (Mico) nigriceps
    • Marca's Marmoset
      Marca's Marmoset

      Marca's Marmoset is a Marmoset species endemic to Brazil.References...
      , Callithrix (Mico) marcai
    • Black-tailed Marmoset
      Black-tailed Marmoset

      The Black-tailed Marmoset is a New World monkey that lives in Brazil, south and east of the Amazon basin. Compared to other marmosets, they have a very isolated habitat....
      , Callithrix (Mico) melanura
    • Santarem Marmoset
      Santarem Marmoset

      The Santarem Marmoset , also known as a Black And White Tassel-ear Marmoset is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found in a very restricted area between the Rio Tapajos and lower Rio Madeira and Rio Roosevelt....
      , Callithrix (Mico) humeralifera
    • Maués Marmoset
      Maués Marmoset

      The Mau?s Marmoset is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found only on the west bank of the Rio Maues-Acu, in the Amazonas State, Brazil state....
      , Callithrix (Mico) mauesi
    • Gold-and-white Marmoset
      Gold-and-white Marmoset

      The Gold-and-white Marmoset, Callithrix chrysoleuca, is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Callithrix (Mico) chrysoleuca
    • Hershkovitz's Marmoset
      Hershkovitz's Marmoset

      Hershkovitz's Marmoset , also known as the Aripuan? Marmoset is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.ReferencesExternal links...
      , Callithrix (Mico) intermedia
    • Satéré Marmoset
      Satéré Marmoset

      The Sat?r? Marmoset is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.References...
      , Callithrix (Mico) saterei
  • Subgenus Callibella – Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset
    • Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset
      Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset

      Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset , also known as the Black-crowned Dwarf Marmoset, is a small New World monkey native to the Amazon Rainforest, on the east bank of the lower Madeira River, and the west bank of the Aripuana River, in Brazil....
      , Callithrix (Callibella) humilis
  • Subgenus Cebuella – Pygmy Marmoset
    • Pygmy Marmoset
      Pygmy Marmoset

      The Pygmy Marmoset is a monkey native to the rainforest canopy of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. It is one of the smallest primates, and the smallest monkey, with its body length ranging from ....
      , Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea


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