finger monkey

habitat

• there are 2 kind of finger monkeys 
• the eastern and western marmoset
• they can be found in 
• Peru,  Amazon Basin, Brazil, & Bolivia
• live almost all their life in trees 

appearance

• head-body length ranging from 117 to 152
• the tail is 172 to 229
• the adult size is usually 100 grams
• the female is heavier then the males
• the color is a mix of browns, greys, and black 

FOOD

• finger monkeys have insect like claws 
• this way they can get "tree gum"
• they gnaw at the a tree to get sap
• they eat the gum, sap, resin, & latex 
• the group takes up about 2 trees  

predators

• surprisingly there are few predators
• within the few are Raptors,  & hawks. 
• there are also snakes and wild cats
• the other predator is humans

family

• the marmoset usually stays in a group of 12
• they are sometimes rough with each other
• they spend all their free time together
• they grow sad together when someone dies
• they do almost everything together

Pets?

• the marmoset are very cute 
• they can come endanger from being captured 
• they get taken by people and sold as pets 
• they are better off in the wild 
• but they could be good pets

communication

• they communicate with each other through sounds
• they make clicking noises 
• they talk to each other a lot 
• they encourage their young 
• they tell when there is danger

summary

• actually called pygmy marmoset 
• one of the newest species of monkey found
• smallest primates of the world known
• they have a diet of tree gum 
• least concern of endangerment 

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