PIGMY MARMOSET: A LITTLE MASTERPIECE OF AMAZONIAN NATURE

The pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey (Cebuella pygmaea) [in  Portuguese: "sagui-leãozinho"] is a New World monkey native to the rainforest understories of western Brazil, [SEE THE MAP BELOW] southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia, with an altitudinal range of 200 to 940 m. It is most common in river edge forests, but also can be found in secondary forest and moderately disturbed forest. The pygmy marmoset has been viewed as somewhat different from typical marmosets, most of which are classified in the genera Callithrix and Mico, and thus is accorded its own genus, Cebuellawithin the family Callitrichidae. Pygmy marmosets live 11-12 years in the wild, but in zoos, they live into their early twenties.