Pygmy marmoset

Säugetiere

Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

The smallest monkey and yet not the smallest primate?

Pygmy marmosets reach a head to barrel length of 12-15cm and a weight of 100-120g. Therfore, they are still larger than e.g. mouse lemurs which is the smallest primate but are not counted as real monkeys. A group of pygmy marmosets consists of a couple and their (even adult) offspring. To avoid inbreeding the dominant couple suppresses reproduction of the other group members by hormones and aromatic substances.

   


Kategorie: Säugetiere

Gewicht: 100-120g

Größe: 12-15cm

Lebensalter: up to 12 years

Geschlechtsreife: at 2 years

Reproduktion: mostly twin births

Tragezeit: 133-140 days

Nahrung: tree sap, insects, spiders

Lebensraum: tropical rainforests, especially temporarily flooded lowland rainforests

Gefährdung: not endangered

Verbreitung (ursprünglich): Western Amazon Basin between Rio Japurá in the North and Rio Madeira in the East and south = parts of W-Brazil, S-Colombia, O-Ecuador, O-Peru and N-Bolivia

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