Pygmy Marmoset

Alexandra Peterson

Mr.Buchman

Zero Period

April 28,2011

Statistics

• They weight up to 4 ounces. There 13 inches tall.

• Some are a gray and black, some are also a brownish yellowish color.

• Some pygmy marmosets are fluffy and some aren’t and then some have black strips on there tails and others don’t.

• They live to be 15 years old.

Statistics

• Also know as finger monkeys.

• They can jump 16 feet.

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Habitat

• They live South America deep in the Amazon rain forest in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.

• They like to live by the water or a forest that has a riverfront view.

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Food Source

• Pygmy Marmosets eat the sap and gum of trees.

• They eat grasshoppers and other insects.

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Habitat Map

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Work Cited

• http://www.factzoo.com/mammals/monkeys/pygmy-marmosets.html