THE PYGMY MARMOSET

WHERE THE PYGMY MARMOSET LIVES

• The Pygmy lives in the western amazon basin in the South America .
• It's generally found in the evergreen and river edge forests.
• Their habitat is in tropical rain forests, preferably seasonally flooded forests

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE PYGMY MARMOSET

• It's family is the cebidae.
• The Pygmy males weigh around 4.9 oz. and the females weigh 4.2 oz.
• It's known to be the worlds smallest monkey
• Marmosets usually have twins,triplets, and quadruplets!

BABY MARMOSETS

• Newborns must be fed every two hours around the clock.
• Marmosets are hard to keep.
• When a baby marmoset is taken away from its family it can die quickly due to depression.
• The marmosets dad will often carry the babies after birth until they are old enough to be on their own

MARMOSETS LIFE SPAN

• Marmosets usually live up to 6-9 years.
• It is rare that they live up to 15 years.

MARMOSET DIET

• They eat sap and gum from trees which are located in their territory
• Marmoset also eat spiders,butterflies,frogs,lizards,snails,flowers, and grasshoppers
• The grasshopper is its favorite food.
• They drink fresh water all the time.
• When fed in capacity they eat peas,baby cereal,yogurt,meat,fish,rice, and boiled eggs.

MORE INTERESTING FACTS!

• Pygmy's use their claws to drill a hole into the tree to get sap
• They travel in groups of up to 9 members.
• The parents stay together for life, never leaving each other's side if possible
• They can leap 15 feet into the air
• Pygmy's are banned from the United States