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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