Species group · Mammals

Marmosets

WAnimals has 3 species of marmoset, all in the family Callitrichidae.

3 species

1 family

11 countries

15 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.

All 3 species of marmosets on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Northern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella pygmaea

Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator

Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

2 Least Concern1 Vulnerable

1 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.

Recorded in 11 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

The smallest monkey in the world, at some 100 grams; it feeds on tree gum.
From Northern Pygmy Marmoset
It is the smallest monkey on the planet: it weighs little more than a hundred grams, less than an apple.
From Northern Pygmy Marmoset
Its neck is so flexible that it can turn its head 180 degrees while clinging vertically to a trunk, which lets it watch for predators without changing position.
From Northern Pygmy Marmoset
Its drooping white moustache gave it its name, after the Kaiser Wilhelm II's.
From Emperor Tamarin
Its name comes from the German emperor Wilhelm II: the zoologist who described it gave it the epithet imperator half in jest, because its moustache resembled the Kaiser's, and the name ended up official.
From Emperor Tamarin
It forms stable mixed groups with another tamarin species: they travel and feed together and share alarm calls, an interspecific alliance that works because each of them watches a different layer of the forest.
From Emperor Tamarin
It is one of the fastest-ageing primates known, and widely used as a biomedical model for the study of human ageing.
From Common Marmoset
It eats tree gum and sap, insects, fruit and nectar.
From Common Marmoset