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marmoset

  (mär'mə-sĕt', -zĕt') pronunciation
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Any of various small clawed monkeys of the genera Callithrix and Cebuella, found in tropical forests of the Americas and having soft dense fur, tufted ears, and long tails.

[Middle English marmusette, a kind of small monkey, from Old French marmouset, grotesque figurine, alteration (influenced by marmouser, to murmur), of marmotte, marmot. See marmot.]


 
 
Artist: Marmoset
Marmoset

  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Major Members: Jorma Whittaker

Biography

This pop/rock quartet from Indianapolis released an EP, Hiddenforbidden, in 1998; two singles ("Rebound Vol. 3" and "Above Our Heads"/"Picnic") were completed before the release of their full-length, Today Is You, in March 1999. Record in Red appeared in summer 2001. ~ Gina Boldman, All Music Guide

Representative Albums:

Today It's You, Record in Red, Florist Fired

Similar Artists:

Swearing at Motorists, June Panic, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Bright Eyes, Guided by Voices, Nikki Sudden, Half Japanese

Influences:

(Smog), Pavement, Wire, The Velvet Underground, Swell Maps, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Gang of Four, The Feelies, The Fall, Camper Van Beethoven, Beat Happening

Performed Songs By:

LonPaul Ellrich
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: marmoset

Any species of arboreal, diurnal, long-tailed South American monkey (family Callitrichidae) classified in two groups: eight species with short tusks (lower canine teeth), called marmosets, and 25 with long tusks, called tamarins. Marmosets move in a quick, jerky manner and eat insects and sometimes fruit and small animals. Members of the common marmoset genus Callithrix are 6 – 10 in. (15 – 25 cm) long, excluding the 10 – 16-in. (25 – 40-cm) tail. The dense, silky fur is white, reddish, or blackish; the ears are generally tufted. Marmosets have been kept as pets since the early 17th century.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: marmoset
(mär'məzĕt') , name for many of the small, squirrellike New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae. Members of this family are all found in tropical South America, with one species found also in Central America. They range in size from the pygmy marmoset, which is 8 in. (20 cm) long including the tail and weighs 3 oz (85 g), to species about the size of house rats. Many of the larger species are called tamarins. Most marmosets and tamarins are brightly colored, and many are ornamented with manes, ear tufts, or mustaches. Their tails are long and furry. Day active, gregarious animals, they scurry through trees and chatter in shrill voices. They feed on plant matter as well as on insects and other small animals. Females usually bear twins, and it is claimed that in some species the male takes a large part in the care of the young. Most spectacular is the golden lion marmoset, with flaming, golden fur and a luxuriant mane. Marmosets have long been valued as pets. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Primates, family Callithricidae.

 
Wikipedia: Marmoset
Marmosets[1]
Common Marmoset(Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus)
Common Marmoset
(Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Subfamily: Callitrichinae
Genus: Callithrix
Erxleben, 1777
Type species
Simia jacchus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

18 species, see text

Marmosets are New World monkeys in the genus Callithrix, which contains 18 species. The term "marmoset" is also used in reference to the Goeldi's Marmoset, Callimico goeldii, which is not part of the genus Callithrix and is not discussed in this article.

Most marmosets are about 20 cm long. Relative to other monkeys, they show some apparently primitive features: they have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually variable, changing by up to 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) in a day.

Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, and feeding on insects, fruit and leaves. They have long lower incisors, which allow them to chew holes in tree trunks and branches to harvest the gum inside; some species are specialised feeders on gum.

Marmosets live in family groups of 3 to 15, consisting of one to two breeding females, an unrelated male, their offspring and occasionally extended family members and unrelated individuals. Their mating systems are highly variable and can include monogamy, polygyny and occasionally polyandry. In most species, fraternal twins are usually born, but triplets are not unknown. Like other callitrichines, marmosets are characterized by a high degree of cooperative care of the young and some food sharing and tolerated theft. Adult males, females other than the mother, and older offspring participate in carrying infants. Most groups scent mark and defend the edges of their ranges, but it is unclear if they are truly territorial, as group home ranges greatly overlap.

The monkey is mentioned in Shakespeare's Tempest, when Caliban says he will instruct his new master Stephano "how to snare the nimble marmoset" [for eating], on the no-man island where the play takes place (Act 2, Scene 2).

According to recent research, marmosets exhibit germline chimerism, which is not known to occur in nature in any other primate.[2]

Species list

References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 129-133. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Ross, C.N., French, J.A., and Ortí, G.. "Germ-line chimerism and paternal care in marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii)". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0607426104. 

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Translations: Translations for: Marmoset

Dansk (Danish)
n. - [zool.] egernabe

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleine Zuid-Amerikaanse aapjes

Français (French)
n. - ouistiti

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Zool.) Marmosette, Krallenaffe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) απαλός, μαρμοζέτα, σκιουροπίθηκος

Italiano (Italian)
apale (zool.)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sagüi (m)

Русский (Russian)
мартышка

Español (Spanish)
n. - mono tití

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - marmosett, vit silkesapa

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
小猿

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小猿

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원숭이의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - キヌザル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قرد أمريكي صغير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרמוזט (קיפוף)‬

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