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Subject: Rainforest community
Category: Science
Asked by: rinkulink-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 28 Apr 2004 16:00 PDT
Expires: 28 May 2004 16:00 PDT
Question ID: 337913
Where can I find a Pygmy Marmosets community?
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Subject: Re: Rainforest community
Answered By: rainbow-ga on 28 Apr 2004 16:36 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hi rinkulink,

The following is the result of my research for Pygmy Marmosets and
where they can be found.

"Weighing in at just four ounces, Pygmy Marmosets are the smallest
monkeys in the world, easily fitting in the palm of your hand. These
charismatic, inquisitive creatures are native to the rainforests of
western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern
Peru. Spending most of their lives in the forest canopy, pygmies are
omnivorous, feeding on a variety of fruits, vegetation, insects and
even small reptiles."

Rare Species Conservatory Foundation
http://www.rarespecies.org/pmarmo2.htm



-Pygmy Marmosets-
Distribution and Habitat:
"These marmosets are found in the Upper Amazon basin east of the Andes
in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern Bolivia and Brazil. They have a
patchy distribution in mature and secondary lowland rain forest,
especially seasonally flooded forests, river margins, flood plains,
and stream sides. They are rarely seen in the trees above 60 feet (18
m) or on the ground."

Smithsonian National Zoological Park: Pygmy Marmosets
http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/Primates/Facts/FactSheets/PygmyMarmosets/default.cfm



More on Pygmy Marmosets:

Woodland Park Zoo: Animal Fact Sheets
http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/marmoset/marmoset.htm

Singapore Zoological Gardens Docents 
http://www.szgdocent.org/pp/p-mstpyg.htm

Beardsley Zoo
http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/t_marmoset.htm

Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Callithrix_pygmaea.html

Honolulu Zoo
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/pygmy_marmoset.htm


Search criteria:
"Pygmy Marmosets" community
"Pygmy Marmosets can be found"
"Pygmy Marmosets are" 
"Pygmy Marmosets are" habitat


I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow
rinkulink-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $2.00
Yes, thank you very much! What part of the rainforest do they live in?
Canopy? lowlands?

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