marmoset

1. any small South American monkey of the genus Callithrix and related genera, having long hairy tails, clawed digits, and tufts of hair around the head and ears: family Callithricidae

2. pygmy marmoset a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon

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Marmoset

An antic figure, usually grotesque, introduced into architectural decoration in the 13th century.

marmoset

[′mär·mə‚set]

(vertebrate zoology)

Any of 10 species of South American primates belonging to the family Callithricidae; individuals are primitive in that they have claws rather than nails and a nonprehensile tail.

marmoset, marmouset

An antic figure, usually grotesque, introduced into architectural decoration in the 13th cent.

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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

Even though marmosets can't "talk" in the same way humans do, understanding marmoset communication may help us understand the evolution and development of speech.

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

While the faecal samples provide a new perspective on marmoset prey--including novel items such as dermapterans and mutilids--it remains unclear to what extent the data are representative.

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

WNT signaling in the marmoset turns out to be critical for normal differentiation of one of the first three cell lineages to emerge.

Certain factors ignite formation of pluripotent stem cells

On the other hand, mice infected with variant 3, marmoset and crab eating fox virus samples developed the paralytic form.

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

To provide a proof of concept, we prepared lung tissue from the marmoset that was euthanized and had a natural respiratory infection with Sendai virus by using the 4 approaches and sequenced by using the Invitrogen Life Technologies protocol.

Protocol for metagenomic virus detection in clinical specimens

Mr Williams, who also has two other marmosets, Poppy and Mya, said Joey had been in the gap for three days.

Monkey business ends after Joey walks free

This paper aims to describe hematological and biochemical values of wild hybrid marmoset (C.

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

Nest Stolen: the first observation of nest predation by an invasive exotic marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) in an agricultural mosaic.

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)

Poole, "An ethogram of the common marmoset (Calithrix jacchus Jacchus): general behavioral repertoire," Animal Behaviour, vol.

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

Currently, the availability of commercial reagents specifically designed for the marmoset is limited although a number of antibodies designed for use with human samples have been shown to cross-react with leucocytes from marmoset blood [26-28].

Exploring the innate immunological response of an alternative nonhuman primate model of infectious disease; the common marmoset

A young marmoset tormented an elephant by throwing rocks at it from a small cliff.

The Marmoset and the Elephant