The pygmy marmoset, a diminutive primate native to South America, is the smallest monkey in the world. The animal weighs just ...

The common marmoset may be small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, but the diminutive stature of these monkeys belies their enormous significance in unraveling the intricate mysteries of human ...

Another marmoset scampered down a branch and stopped suddenly to look at us. It was so small, and colored so indistinguishably from the tree, that even sitting a few yards in front of us it was ...

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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 ...

Where the marmoset is a suitable model, its small size and high reproductive capacity have proved valuable assets, and the common marmoset is the only species of monkey used in the laboratory where ...