Marmoset Monkeys

Marmosets live in groups of 3 to 15 individuals and they are all family members, a group consits of two breeding females, a wandering male from an outside family and their off spring. They feed on fruit and insects and the gum from the sap in a tree, some of these marmosets are specially designed to extract the gum from the trees. Most marmosets are about 8 inches long, there heads are rounded unlike other monkeys and their brains are relitively primitive. They are highly active and friendly to other species of their kind, leading to the study that they are not teritorial animals.

Marmoset monkeys are divided into five sub species The Tamar-ins, The Golden Tamar-ins, The Pygmy Marmoset, The True Marmoset and The Goeldi. There is a discussion about a new breed that was found in 1997 The Black Headed Dwarf Marmoset, they are studying this animal and trying to determine if they are in fact another sub species, judging by its behaviour, diet and size amongst other reasons. Most of these marmosets have been put on the endangered species list because of their habitat coming under threat from land expansion, illegal logging and other trades that operate in these areas. Most of these animals have been sold worldwide on the black market and to monkey breeders even on the Internet.

I typed in “breeds of monkeys” into my search engine and I was amazed at how many sites there was to purchase these animals. I thought to myself do monkeys want to live in houses, if they did wouldn’t they build houses for themselves, monkeys of any kind will tell you that they love the freedom of the trees, being able to travel miles using the tree tops I know I would. Would I want to entertain for a living if I was a monkey, yes for my monkey buddies I would, not for some profiteer to generate money off my smooth moves.Here are the different types of marmoset and a discription of them, and how they differ from one another. THE GOELDI and the TRUE MARMOSET are a combination of these three types. They are of average size and hold all the qualities of these three apart from the obvious…

The Golden Tamar-ins

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