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.
kategoria: ssaki
waga: 100-120g
wielkość: 12-15cm
długość życia: up to 12 years
dojrzałość płciowa: at 2 years
reprodukcja: mostly twin births
ciąża: 133-140 days
pożywienie: tree sap, insects, spiders
środowisko życia: tropical rainforests, especially temporarily flooded lowland rainforests
zagrożenia: not endangered
występowanie: 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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