Species

Pygmy Marmoset

Mammals

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Pygmy Marmoset." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pygmy-marmoset.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Pygmy Marmoset. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pygmy-marmoset

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-pygmy-marmoset,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Pygmy Marmoset},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/pygmy-marmoset},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Pygmy Marmoset is a small New World monkey comprising two species, the western pygmy marmoset and the eastern pygmy marmoset. The smallest monkey in the world at just over 100 grams, it is native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America, generally found in evergreen and river-edge forests, and is a gum-feeding specialist, or gummivore.

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