What is Pygmy marmoset?
{{Taxobox | name = Pygmy marmoset | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | image = Dværgsilkeabe Callithrix pygmaea.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Cebidae]] | genus = ''[[Callithrix]]'' | binomial = ''Callithrix pygmaea''}} '''Pygmy marmosets''' are the smallest [[marmoset]]s and one of the smallest of all [[primate]]s. They inhabit [[Brazil]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Colombia]]. Most pygmy marmosets lives in troops of two to nine individuals, with a dominant male, a breeding female, and up to four successive litters of offspring. The modal size of a standard stable troop would be 6 individuals.<ref>Soini, Pekka. 1992. Ecology and population dynamics of the pygmy marmoset, ''Cebuella pygmaea''. ''Folia Primatologica'' '''39''', 1-21.</ref> Pygmy marmosets have tawny agouti [[fur]] (the tip of the hair is a different color to the base) with an indistinctly dark-ringed [[tail]]. They can range in size from 4.6 in to 6 in but could possibly be half that size when they are first born since they are the size of a human thumb. They are expected to live as long as 15-20 years. == Habitat == They live in flooded forest near rivers, [[bamboo]] thickets and the edges of agricultural fields. They're mostly native in South Africa but can also be found around the western part of the amazon rainforest. Can also be found in Bolivia, Peru, Columbia, and Western Brazil. == Diet == Pygmy marmosets mainly feed on gum (tree exudates, sap), but they also eat fruit, nectar and insects. They gouge holes in the bark of trees, and revisit these holes daily to collect the sap. The marmosets hang on with specially adapted claws. == References == {{reflist}}2. Tardif , S., Smucny , D., Abbott , D., Mansfield , K., Darkin, N. S., & Yamamoto , M. E. (2003). National Library of Medicine . Reproduction in Captive Common Marmosets (Callithrix Jacchus), 364–368. 3. University of Salford. (2018, February 27). Smallest monkey's evolutionary secret. Sci