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Pygmy marmoset
Adult weight : 0.124 kg (0.2728 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 19 years
Female maturity :684 days
Male maturity : 638 days
Gestation : 125 days
Weaning : 91 days
Litter size : 2
Interval between litters : 171 days
Weight at birth : 0.016 kg (0.0352 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.07 kg (0.154 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 1 W
Body mass : 0.111 kg (0.2442 lbs)
Pygmy marmoset
Order : Primates
Family : Callitrichidae
Species : Callithrix pygmaea
The Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) is the smallest monkey in the world (13 - 17 cm, head and body length) and lives in South America, in Peru, western Brazil, Ecuador and south-east Colombia. The have specially adapted claws for climbing trees. Pygmy marmosets are omnivorous, their diet consists of insects, spiders, small reptiles, fruits, leaves and tree sap. About 2/3 of their time they are removing tree bark to reach the sap. They live in groups in the trees and are very active creatures, swiftly running and jumping in the trees. Due to habitat loss, the Pygmy marmoset may become threatened.
1. Callithrix, genus Callithrix -- (type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets)
Callithrix
genus Callithrix
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