Read more here. Google Maps. Home Visitor Info Opening Hours. View All Animal Experiences. Pygmy Marmoset. Meet our miniature monkeys! In the Wild. Find Out More. Male marmosets are often the main caregivers of the offspring and stay loyal to their family. They won't leave, even when tempted by a sexually mature female. Marmosets are monogamous.
The youngsters in the troop help the male with the care of the babies. Just being around a monogamous pair of marmosets will prevent younger ones from sexually maturing. So, they must leave their group to mate, but typically, just the monogamous female in the troop will conceive in a year.
The buffy-headed marmoset is the only marmoset listed as endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.
It is estimated that there are only around 2, mature individuals left. Many species are listed as vulnerable. Some of these include Goeldi's marmoset, the buffy-tufted-ear marmoset, the black-crowned dwarf marmoset and Rondon's marmoset. Wied's marmoset is listed as near threatened. It is thought that the species has lost 20 to 25 percent of its population over the past 18 years. The babies are mainly cared for by their father, who carries them on its back, while the mother is only responsible for cleaning as well as feeding her offspring during the nursing period, which lasts for 3 months.
The age of reproductive maturity is 1 - 1. Although the Pygmy marmosets presently face habitat destruction, this factor doesn't have a noticeable impact on their population as a whole. However, these animals are still threatened by some localized factors.
For example, population in Putumayo Colombia currently suffers from pet trade. On the other hand, those in touristy areas occasionally display unusual behavior, which is believed to negatively affect their breeding capabilities.
According to IUCN, the Pygmy marmoset is common and widespread throughout its range but no overall population estimate is available. Currently, the species is classified as Least Concern LC , but its numbers are decreasing. Due to their choice of diet, the Pygmy marmosets may impact the health of trees that they are feeding on.
Pygmy Marmoset Pocket monkey, Little lion, Dwarf monkey. Cebuella pygmaea. Population size. Life Span. Photos with Pygmy Marmoset. Distribution Pygmy marmosets are endemic to South America, where they occur in the western part of Amazon Basin. Geography Continents. South America. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Biome Tropical moist forests. Climate zones Tropical.
Habits and Lifestyle The Pygmy marmosets are arboreal and diurnal animals. Group name. Arboreal, Not a Migrant. For added safety, the troop spends the night among thick vines or in a tree hole. A mother pygmy marmoset's gestation period is about 4. She almost always has two babies, but in zoos, pygmy marmosets have had three or even four babies in one litter. Each newborn is about the size of a human thumb! The father helps deliver the babies, cleans them up, and then takes over their care.
He carries the newborns piggyback style for their first two weeks, bringing them back to the mother to nurse. Older siblings may help, too.
When they are a bit older, the babies hide while the rest of their family looks for food until they are strong enough to travel with the group. Usually the young marmosets are weaned and can follow the troop by three months of age. It takes them about two years to grow as large as the adults. They may leave the troop at this point to start a family of their own, or they may stay to help raise the newest babies. Pygmy marmosets communicate with each other by chattering and trilling in high-pitched voices.
Certain squeaks and calls express danger or other urgent monkey messages. They also make faces to express emotions like contentment, surprise, or fear by moving their lips, eyelids, ears, and the hair around their face. We humans do that, too! These mini monkeys groom one another, and that helps establish social bond.
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