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PYGMY MARMOSET
The pygmy marmoset is a
small species of New World
monkey
The species is notable for be- fruit and nectar.
ing the smallest monkey and
one of the smallest primates Pygmy Marmosets are very
in the world, at just over 100 small and shy, and thus
grams (3.5 oz) viewings are extremely dif-
ficult. re occaborpos debist
There are approximately 150 exerfer ibeatumqui oditiatis
species of monkeys found voluptam experum facias et The pygmy mar-
in the Amazon. The Pyg- quasitia doloritatust mi, unt. moset (Cebuella
my Marmoset is one of the
world’s tiniest primate spe- Population density is corre- pygmaea) is a small spe-
cies, and the smallest one lated with food tree avail- cies of New World mon-
found in the Peruvian and ability. It can be found be-
Ecuadorian Amazon. tween ground level and key native to rainforests
about 20 metres (66 ft) into
It height is between 4.5 and the trees but generally does of the western Amazon
6 inches. They live in troops not enter the top of the can- Basin in South America.
that average around 6 in- opy. It is often found in ar-
dividuals, and they can be eas with standing water for The pygmy marmoset is
found on trees near swamps more than three months of one of the world’s small-
or streams, feeding mainly the year
on tree sap, insects, small est primates
