Callitrichidae - marmosets, tamarins
 There are about 42 species of small primates in this family. Marmosets and tamarins are found in Central and South America. They have rounded heads and front-facing eyes. Most species are covered in soft fur, except for on their faces. They have long, furred, non-prehensile tails and most species have tufts of fur on their heads. Most primates have flat nails on their fingers and toes, but marmosets and tamarins have sharp, down-turning claws, except for on their big toes. These claws help them cling to bark as they climb around in trees! Females in this family usually have 1-3 babies a year. The babies are carried on their parents' backs. Marmosets and tamarins live in family groups and are active in the day and at night. They spend most of their time in trees. Most of their diet is made up of insects, but they may also eat birds, sap, fruits, and seeds.
World Status Key
 Least Concern  Near Threatened  Vulnerable  Endangered  Critically Endangered  Extinct in the Wild  Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.
US Status Key
 Threatened in US  Threatened in NH  Endangered in US  Endangered in NH  Breeds in NH  Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game
New Hampshire Species |
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North/Central American Species |
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Geoffroy's Tufted-ear Marmoset - Callithrix geoffroyi |
Additional Information
Key:  Profile  Photos  Video  Audio
Black And White Tassel-ear Marmoset - Mico humeralifer 
The black and white tassel-ear marmoset is found in north-central Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-crowned Dwarf Marmoset - Callibella humilis
The black-crowned dwarf marmoset is restricted to a very small range in the Amazon rainforest in central Brazil. It is also known as the Roosmalen’s dwarf marmoset.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-faced Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus caissara
The black-faced lion tamarin is found in the states of Paraná and São Paulo in Brazil
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-faced Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus caissara
The black-faced lion tamarin was first identified in 1990.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin - Saguinus bicolor
The Brazilian Bare-faced tamarin has thick white fur on its upper half and brown fur on its lower half, legs and tail. It has a black face with no fur.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buffy-headed Marmoset - Callithrix flaviceps
The buffy-headed marmoset is found in the southeastern states of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buffy-headed Marmoset - Callithrix flaviceps
The buffy-headed marmoset has white tufts of hair that flare horizontally from the sides of its head.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buffy-tufted-ear marmoset - Callithrix aurita
The buffy-tufted-ear marmoset is found in southeastern Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cotton-headed Tamarin - Saguinus oedipus
The cotton-headed tamarin is found in northwestern Colombia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cotton-headed Tamarin - Saguinus oedipus
The cotton-headed tamarin eats insects and fruits.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cotton-headed Tamarin - Saguinus oedipus
The cotton-headed tamarin has a big crest of long, white hair on its head.
Source: University of Wisconsin Primate Info Net Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Cotton-headed Tamarin - Saguinus oedipus
The cotton-headed tamarin is also known as the cotton-topped or cotton-top tamarin.
Source: Central Park Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Cotton-headed Tamarin - Saguinus oedipus
The cotton-headed tamarin lives in groups of 2-12 individuals.
Source: Brandywine Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Emperor Tamarin - Saguinus imperator
The emperor tamarin is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Emperor Tamarin - Saguinus imperator
Emperor tamarins are active in the day and are very playful.
Source: BBC Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Emperor Tamarin - Saguinus imperator
Emperor tamarins are thought to have been named after the Emperor of Germany, Emperor Wilhelm II, due to their long, white moustaches.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Geoffroy's Tamarin - Saguinus geoffroyi
Geoffroy's Tamarin is the smallest monkey in Panama.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Geoffroy's Tufted-ear Marmoset - Callithrix geoffroyi 
Geoffroy's tufted-ear marmoset is found in southeastern Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Geoffroy's Tufted-ear Marmoset - Callithrix geoffroyi
Geoffroy's tufted-ear marmoset is around 8 inches in length, not including its tail. Adults are brown to black with white foreheads, cheeks, temples and throats and black ear tufts.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
Goeldi's monkey is found in the Amazon rainforests of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
Goeldi's monkey is only a little larger than a squirrel.
Source: University of Wisconsin Primate Info Net Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
Goeldi's monkey eats fruits, insects, and small vertebrates.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
The Goeldi's monkey vocalizes in a very high pitched squeaky call as well as chirps and clicks.
Source: Brandywine Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
Goeldi's monkey has claws rather than nails on its fingers.
Source: Bristol Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
Goeldi's monkey is black with long hair that sticks out around its head.
Source: Beardsley Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
the Goeldi’s monkey has 36 teeth, while marmosets and tamarins have only 32 teeth.
Source: Edinburgh Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldii
If surprised, it is reported that a Goeldi's monkey will park its infant on a branch and escape.
Source: Woodland Park Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysomelas
The golden-headed lion tamarin is found in coastal Atlantic forests the state of Bahia in south-eastern Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysomelas
The golden-headed lion tamarin spends almost all its time in trees.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysomelas
The golden-headed lion tamarin has black fur over its entire body except for on its head and mane, where the fur is a light to deep golden color.
Source: University of Wisconsin Primate Info Net Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysomelas
The golden-headed lion tamarin is a small, squirrel-sized monkey.
Source: Bristol Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin - Saguinus tripartitus
The golden-mantle saddleback tamarin is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin - Saguinus tripartitus
The golden-mantle saddleback tamarin has an orange body, a black head with a white face, a patch of cream on its back, and a black tail with an orange underside.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
The golden lion tamarin is found in southeastern Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
The golden lion tamarin has long reddish-orange fur with a lion-like mane around its head.
Source: University of Wisconsin Primate Info Net Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins are 6-10 inches in length and have a 12-15 inch-long tail.
Source: Zoo Atlanta Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins usually give birth to twins.
Source: WWF Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins eat fruits, insects, and small lizards.
Source: National Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Male and female golden lion tamarins look alike.
Source: Brookfield Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins in the wild may occasionally live as long as 17 years.
Source: Philadelphia Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Baby golden lion tamarins cling to the mother for the first week or so, and then they cling to their father, except for when they are nursing.
Source: Woodland Park Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Most of the golden lion tamarin's calls are soft and faint calls, probably so they don't attract the attention of predators like eagles and hawks!
Source: Honolulu Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins spend almost all of their time in trees.
Source: National Geographic Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
There are fewer than 1,000 golden lion tamarins in the wild.
Source: Rainforest Alliance Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden lion tamarins are sometimes calls GLTs for short.
Source: National Geographic Kids Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus rosalia
Print out and color a golden lion tamarin.
Source: Enchanted Learning Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School
Golden-rumped Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysopygus
The golden-rumped lion tamarin is also known as the black lion tamarin.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-rumped Lion Tamarin - Leontopithecus chrysopygus
The golden-rumped lion tamarin is found in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Golden-white Tassel-ear Marmoset - Mico chrysoleucus
The golden-white tassel-ear marmoset is found in north central Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Manicoré Marmoset - Mico manicorensis
The Manicoré marmoset is found in Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Manicoré Marmoset - Mico manicorensis
The Manicoré marmoset is named after the Manicoré River. It was first identified in 2000.
Source: BBC Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mottled-face Tamarin - Saguinus inustus
The mottled-face tamarin is found in Brazil and Colombia .
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
The pygmy marmoset is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia , Ecuador, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
Pygmy marmosets live in small family groups.
Source: Philadelphia Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
A big part of the pygmy marmoset's diet is made up of tree sap.
Source: San Diego Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
The pygmy marmoset is the world’s smallest true monkey.
Source: National Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
Pygmy marmosets are most active in the day.
Source: Bronx Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
Not including its tail, the pygmy marmoset is a little over five inches in length.
Source: University of Wisconsin Primate Info Net Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
Pygmy marmosets can leap more than 16 feet.
Source: PBS Nature Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Saddleback Tamarin - Saguinus fuscicollis
The saddleback tamarin is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia , Ecuador, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Saddleback Tamarin - Saguinus fuscicollis
The saddleback tamarin lives in family groups where only one female breeds and the rest of the group helps rear the twins.
Source: BBC Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sateré Marmoset - Mico saterei
The Sateré marmoset is found in Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Silvery-brown Tamarin - Saguinus leucopus
The silvery-brown tamarin is found in Colombia .
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset - Callithrix kuhlii
Wied's black-tufted-ear marmoset is found in southeastern Brazil in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School |
There are about 42 species of small primates in this family. Marmosets and tamarins are found in Central and South America. They have rounded heads and front-facing eyes. Most species are covered in soft fur, except for on their faces. They have long, furred, non-prehensile tails and most species have tufts of fur on their heads. Most primates have flat nails on their fingers and toes, but marmosets and tamarins have sharp, down-turning claws, except for on their big toes. These claws help them cling to bark as they climb around in trees! Females in this family usually have 1-3 babies a year. The babies are carried on their parents' backs. Marmosets and tamarins live in family groups and are active in the day and at night. They spend most of their time in trees. Most of their diet is made up of insects, but they may also eat birds, sap, fruits, and seeds.
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