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Monkey found in Old Saybrook backyard finds temporary home at Beardsley Zoo
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — The marmoset monkey that was found in a shed in Old Saybrook on Monday has a new temporary home. The primate, which is illegal to own in the state of Connecticut ...
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They’re Adorable. And Endangered. Meet the World’s Smallest Monkey: the Pygmy Marmoset
The world’s smallest monkey is called the pygmy marmoset, and it is, predictably, very tiny, just a little scoop of fur. It likes to eat the sticky resin found in tree bark, known as gum ...
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Behold the World's Smallest Monkey: The Pygmy Marmoset
From their adorable facial expressions to their remarkable social skills, you'll fall in love with pygmy marmosets. A Final Takeoff The Corning Museum of Glass The Incredible Flying Car of the ...
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The Management and Husbandry of Geoffroy's Marmoset
Geoffroy's marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) originally occurred throughout the Atlantic forest area of southern Bahia, Espirito Santo and adjacent parts of Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil. Through ...
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The world's smallest monkey is at the center of a Swedish-Saudi diplomatic spat
The pygmy marmoset weighs approximately 3.5 ounces and measures less than 5 inches in length, making it the smallest monkey in the world. In mid-March, Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador to ...
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Complicated kinship in marmosets
A monkey's uncle may actually be its father ... scientists have known that marmosets are usually hematopoietic chimeras. Marmoset pregnancies generally produce fraternal twins.