habitat
The pygmy marmoset can be found in much of the western Amazon Basin, in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The western pygmy marmoset, Cebuella, occurs in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, eastern Peru, southern Colombia, and north-eastern Ecuador.(en.wikipedia.org)
Adaptation
Its body coloration and structure is an adaptation by which it keeps itself away from predators. This arboreal creature is highly-active although it is rarely found on high trees or bushes. It has distinct claws that provide defense. It displays prowess and strength only on sensing danger by arching its back, raising the ears, clenching the teeth, and exposing its genitals towards the enemy. Otherwise, it is quite timid and gentle.(http://www.buzzle.com)
Description
Size: Their head to body length varies between 4.6-6 inches (117-152 mm), whereas, their tail measures 6.8-9 inches (172-229 mm).
Weight: The pygmy marmosets weight just a little above 100 grams (3.5 oz).
Color: The color of the fur of these creatures covering their body is a combination of black, gray and golden brown on its head and back. Their tail has black rings on them and their face has white flecks on their cheeks with a white vertical line in between the eyes.(http://www.animalspot.net/pygmy-marmoset.html)
Weight: The pygmy marmosets weight just a little above 100 grams (3.5 oz).
Color: The color of the fur of these creatures covering their body is a combination of black, gray and golden brown on its head and back. Their tail has black rings on them and their face has white flecks on their cheeks with a white vertical line in between the eyes.(http://www.animalspot.net/pygmy-marmoset.html)
food
Pygmy marmosets use their lower canines to drill the bark and induce leakage of the sap. This sticky liquid is favorite food of pygmy marmosets. Pygmy marmosets eat both plant and animal-based food (omnivores). They eat different type of fruit, nectar, leaves and small invertebrates such as insects(www.softschools.com/facts/animals/pygmy_marmoset_facts/301/)
Predators
There are a few predators that the Pygmy Marmoset has in their natural environment. The specific ones will depend on the location where they live. Raptors are a type of bird that can come into the canopies and consumes them. This includes Eagles, Hawks and more. They have excellent vision and sharp claws so it is almost impossible for them to escape.
Snakes live in the same trees as these Monkeys do. Some of them are very poisonous. They will kill their prey by paralyzing them with the venom and then eating them. Others will coil around the body of the prey and suffocate them. Both of these types of snakes live in the regions with the Pygmy Marmoset Monkeys.
Wild cats are able to climb high into the trees. They have bodies that are build for such movements so it is easy for them. They are very skilled hunters and find these small Monkeys to be a very good meal, especially when they are struggling to find larger prey (.http://www.monkeyworlds.com/)
Snakes live in the same trees as these Monkeys do. Some of them are very poisonous. They will kill their prey by paralyzing them with the venom and then eating them. Others will coil around the body of the prey and suffocate them. Both of these types of snakes live in the regions with the Pygmy Marmoset Monkeys.
Wild cats are able to climb high into the trees. They have bodies that are build for such movements so it is easy for them. They are very skilled hunters and find these small Monkeys to be a very good meal, especially when they are struggling to find larger prey (.http://www.monkeyworlds.com/)
pray
The pygmy marmosets pray is fly's and little insects. they are so tiny that they can't kill too much the are too small so as it says in the food category the pygmy marmoset eats a lot of fruit.
how pygmy marmoset contributes to the diversity of life
pygmy marmosets eats insects so if there was no pygmy marmoset there would be nobody to eat all the insects so the insects don`t over populate. if insects over populate then all the insects would eat all the plants and we can`t live with out plants.
humans activity
1) pygmy marmosets are captured as pets
2) humans cut down the trees and the trees are were the pygmy marmoset lives
2) humans cut down the trees and the trees are were the pygmy marmoset lives
Scientific name
Callithrix pygmaea