Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea

Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
The Pygmy Marmoset, the smallest marmoset and the world's smallest monkey, is some 6 inches long excluding its tail of a further 8 inches.
Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
Its small size allows it to hide from predators. It is native to the upper Amazon Basin. Diet is mainly tree sap and gum but also insects and birds eggs.
Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
Most primates have hands with fingers but marmosets have claws to run up trees and tear into tree bark.
Pygmy and Geoffroy Marmosets
Size comparison: Pygmy Marmoset with Geoffroy's Marmoset
Eastern Pygmy Marmoset Eastern Pygmy Marmoset, C. p. niveiventris
Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
They are arboreal and diurnal. Groups compromise a breeding pair and successsive offspring. They can fit into a hand but can leap 5 metres.