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marmoset

A New World monkey of South and Central America. With a lifespan of 5 to 7 years and a maximum lifespan of 16½ years, marmosets are the shortest-lived anthropoid primates. They display age-related pathologies that mirror those of humans, such as cancer, amyloidosis, diabetes and chronic renal disease, and have predictable age-related differences in lean mass, calf circumference, albumin, haemoglobin and hematocrit. Features of spontaneous sensory and neurodegenerative change (e.g., reduced neurogenesis, beta-amyloid deposition in the cerebral cortex, loss of calbindin D28k binding and presbycusis) appear between age 7 and 10.

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Blue Reef Aquarium's new arrivals, marmosets Ant and Dec

Aquarium honours Ant and Dec; TWIN BABY MONKEYS ARE NAMED AFTER DUO

Eastern pygmy marmosets are native to the rainforests of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru where they are threatened by both habitat loss and being captured for the pet trade.

ZOO CELEBRATES TINY TWINS FROM WORLD'S SMALLEST MONKEY SPECIES

To find out whether the same principle held true for marmosets, Ghazanfar and his colleagues set up an experiment using pairs of fraternal twin marmosets, small, highly social monkeys from South America.

Marmoset Monkeys Learn to Call the Same Way Human Infants Learn to Babble

"Fortunately, the family worked with us, and were happy for the marmoset to be signed over into our care."

Pet monkey recovered from house in Swansea

OUR pygmy marmoset group is booming following the arrival of another set of twins!

A Pygmy double

At most sites, the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) feeds primarily on plant exudates, whereas animal prey generally contributes less than 10% of feeding records, although other marmosets may be more insectivorous (Martins and Setz, 2000), and one study based on the analysis of stomach contents in golden-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas) indicated that behavioural data may underestimate the consumption of animal prey considerably (Pack et al., 1999).

Analise fecal como uma abordagem complementar no estudo da ecologia alimentar do sagui comum (Callithrix jacchus Linnaeus, 1758)

Rabies in Marmosets (CaUithrix jacchus), Ceara, Brazil.

Fluorescent antibody test, quantitative polymerase chain reaction pattern and clinical aspects of rabies virus strains isolated from main reservoirs in Brazil

JOEY the marmoset monkey was rescued safely yesterday after three days of hiding from his owner.

Monkey business ends after Joey walks free

The marmosets were captured with a multiple-entrance trap and anaesthetized using intramuscularly ketamine hydrochloride (Vetaset, Fort Dodge, Kansas, USA) 10mg kg-1 body weight with xylazine hydrochloride (Anasedan, Divisao Vetbrands Saude Animal, SP, BR) 0.5mg kg-1.

Hematology and blood biochemistry in wild hybrid marmosets from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil/Hematologia e bioquimica sanguinea de saguis selvagens hibridos da Mata Atlantica, Brasil

Nevertheless, previously to data recording, the two mixed groups of marmosets were monitored in order that they became habituated to our presence.

Reporting social behaviours of mixed-species troops formed by Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata (Primate, Callitrichidae)/Comportamento social em grupos mistos de Callithrix jacchus e Callithrix penicillata (Primate, Callitrichidae)

Mr Dorman added: "We also had some new animals joining our collection from within the UK and overseas as part of European and International Breeding Programmes, some of which included stick insects, beetles, millipedes, lemurs, marmosets, and a critically endangered female Amur leopard to pair with our male."

Numbering the beasts! Twycross Zoo staff have work cut out during annual animal census

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are distributed across northeastern Brazil and exploit a range of forest types including the humid Atlantic Forest and the semiarid Caatinga scrublands [1].

Behavioral adjustments by a small neotropical primate (Callithrix jacchus) in a semiarid Caatinga environment

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