FUN FACTS: Geoffroy's marmoset

[Judi Lynn]

Geoffroy's marmoset
Marmosets and tamarins are small, squirrel-like monkeys that have many features that are unusual among primates. Marmosets are arboreal with claws that help them to cling to tree trunks. Geoffroy's marmosets are omnivores native to the lowland rainforests of Brazil.

Tamarins and marmosets are the among the only monkeys or apes that regularly give birth to twins.

Scientists suggest that marmosets have evolved to take advantage of an insect diet, and as a part of the process have become smaller.

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/geoffroys-marmoset

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Cute little critter!

[Maraya1969]

2. I believe this is the line wherein which male patterned baldness derived.

[Judi Lynn]

3. You're right! It took a while before they perfected it. n/t

[in2herbs]

4. That's interesting. I don't know what it means but if insects are supposed to be high in

protein you would think they would grow, not become smaller.

[Karadeniz]

5. What a cutie! Thanks!