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A pygmy marmoset sitting on a bunch of green bananas.
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snototter · 6 months
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A common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) in Yorkshire Wildlife Park, UK
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antiqueanimals · 11 months
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Brehm's Tierleben. Written by Alfred Brehm. Illustration by Gustav Mützel. 1922 edition.
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thefugitivesaint · 20 days
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Edward Landseer (1802-1873), 'The Marmosets', ''St. Nicholas'', Vol. 2, #5, 1875 Source
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crtter · 6 months
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do yall have squirrels in brazil?? sorry, Im thinking about how different your city wildlife is compared to mine (racoons, squirrels and possums, mostly)
We do! There are seven species of squirrels that live in Brazilian soil. We don’t spot them in cities often, though. They mostly live in forested areas, especially in the Amazon. The only species that lives in the same state as I do to is the (aptly-named) Brazilian squirrel, but I’ve only ever seen them in trips to the shore or the countryside. They’re not that different from grey squirrels tbh!
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I live in São Paulo, which is the largest Brazilian city so it’s not super common to see a whole lot of city-dwelling animals that aren’t the hyper successful introduced species you’ll find in most big cities around the world (rats, pigeons, house sparrows and the like) but there are a few native cool critters I see quite often! The number one are capybaras, which live near literally every single large body of water in the city, be it natural or manmade. They’re about the size of large dogs, very cute and completely unbothered by human presence.
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I also see marmosets pretty often! They’re our “squirrels”, so to speak, so it’s not rare for me to spot them walking over telephone lines or on top of roofs. I spotted a mom carrying a little baby on her back on the tree I have on my front lawn just the other day. 
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Funnily enough, marmosets technically aren’t native to my state. They’re Brazilian animals but they come from the north of the country. The ones we have here are the descendants of escaped pets that thrived in the wild. We have white-tufted marmosets, black-tufted marmosets and grey-tufted hybrids between the two species! I believe the ones that live next to my house are hybrids. I see white-eyed parakeets almost every single day! They’re easy to recognize because of their bright green feathers. I always see them flying around in groups while making noise. They never come too close to my house but that’s the ideal, really, because I don’t want my cats to try and hunt them.
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I don’t see them THAT often but I’ve seen them often enough to know that there’s a sizeable population of opossums here as well! While there are lots of opossum species in Brazil, the most common ones in my state are the big-eared opossum and the white-eared opossum but I’ve only ever spotted the white-eared opossum, which are my favorite animals ever. Our opossums do sometimes play dead just like Virginia opossums, but they also tend to release a stinky smell from scent glands they have in their armpits if you startle them.
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bignosebaby · 11 months
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Is the lovely Goeldi's monkey a tamarin or a marmoset? Neither!
Tamarins average 17 inches in length, live in groups of up to 40 individuals, and have long canines for eating insects and fruits.
Marmosets max out at around 15 inches, live in smaller groups of up to 15 individuals, and have large pointy incisors for chewing through tree bark.
Goeldi's monkeys are the only members of the genus callimico, and they set themselves apart in a few ways:
Their diets are seasonal, and at the right time of year they rely heavily on mushrooms as a food source.
They only have one baby at a time, where tamarins and marmosets have twins or ocassionally triplets.
They have 3 molars where tamarins and marmosets have 2.
Callimico fathers are not as involved in child rearing as tamarins and marmosets.
They have the largest range, living in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
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These unique creatures are a true treat!
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brazilspill · 8 months
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Animal Vocab in Portuguese: Brazilian Animals (1/?)
Alligator - Jacaré
Anteater - Tamanduá
Boa constrictor - Jibóia
Capibara - Capivara
Jaguar - Onça-pintada (literally, "painted onça")
Macaw - Arara
Maned wolf - Lobo-guará (literally, "red-wolf", with lobo being Portuguese for "wolf" and "guará" being Tupi for "red")
Snake - Cobra (pronounced caw-bra)
Tamarin/marmoset - Mico
Tapir - Anta
Tortoise - Jabutí
Toucan - Tucano
Turtle - Tartaruga
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THE FINALS
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sitting-on-me-bum · 1 year
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Practicing crying: How do human newborns know how to cry? If they’re anything like our primate cousins the common marmosets (above), they may be practicing before they leave the womb. New research shows marmoset fetuses began making cry-like facial expressions nearly two months before birth.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK
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animalsandanimals · 1 year
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Credit: Charlotte Geary Photography on Flickr
Baby Marmoset monkeys
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ablaske · 2 years
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me and my mutuals getting into other people's blogs drama.
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Chip and Jubilee from Monkey Haven wishing you a lovely winter season.
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theodoradove · 2 years
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Mitz, the pet marmoset of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, 1935.
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antiqueanimals · 2 years
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The Children's Animal World Encyclopedia in Colour. 1967.
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kaileech · 2 years
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Today i saw not only fish 🐒
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