marmoset: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Callitrichidae

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A common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) clings to the side of a tree trunk, showing its striped gray fur and white ear tufts.

cotton-top tamarins

cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

common marmoset

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Callithrix lion tamarin Saguinus tamarin pygmy marmoset common marmoset emperor tamarin cotton-top tamarin Goeldi’s monkey golden-handed tamarin ape

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