The Common Marmoset

The Common Marmoset

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The Common Marmoset is a New World monkey.

The adult body length is 14-19cm (not including the long tail) and an average body mass of 300-500g. It has a white blaze on the forehead and white ear tufts. Thus, another name for it is "The Cotton-Eared Marmoset."

They eat gums and saps --- an important food source. They also feed on fruits, flowers, nectar and small animal prey (frogs, snails, lizards, spiders and insects).

Common Marmosets live in stable groups with an average size of 8-10 individuals. Each group contains only one breeding pair --- the highest ranking male and female.

These Marmosets are native only to east-central Brazil. They have been introduced to Riode Janeiro and Buenos Aires and can be found in a number of forests habitats.

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The Guinea Baboon

The Guinea Baboon

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This baboon is also called the "Red Baboon" due to the red colour pattern of its fur.

The gestation period for the female is 183 days.

These baboons can live 35-45 years and can run up to 45 km/H. It is 508-1,143mm in length and weighs 13-25kg.

They are terrestrial animals, although they are accomplished climbers. They sleep in large trees and at night, looking for food during the daytime hours. They communicate through specific calls.

This baboon will eat both plant and animal, such as roots, fruits, seed, tubers, bulbs, corns of grasses and occasionally meat.

The female gives birth to one baby which is nursed until about 6-8 months old. The female becomes 'reproductively' mature at 4.3 years of age.

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The Japanese Macaque

The Japanese Macaque

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The Japanese Macaque is also known as the "Snow Monkey."

They live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year --- it is the only primate who is 'northern-living' and who lives in a colder climate.

The fur of these Macaques can vary among shades of brown from grey or yellow brown to exclusively brown. They have a pinkish face and posterior with a short stump of a tail.

The female spends more time in the trees and the male spends more time on the ground. Both are excellent swimmers and can swim distances of over half a kilometer.

The fur is a unique adaptation to the cold, as the fur thickness increases as the temperature decreases and this monkey can cope with winter temperatures as low as -20o (-4oF).

This Macaque is not a picky eater and will eat a variety of foods which includes over 213 species of plant.

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The Long-Tailed Macaque

The Long-Tailed Macaque

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These Macaque live in groups of 6-58 individuals.

The highest-ranking females have more offspring (over their life time) as they begin to reproduce at a young age. The gestation period is 165 days. The female reaches sexual maturity at 4 years of age, the male at 7 years of age. The female gives birth to a single baby and the 'interbirth interval' averages 18 months. The female reaches her peak at 10 years of age and continue to reproduce until 24 years of age.

The mother is very protective of her new-born baby and doesn't 'let go' of the infant until it is about 4 months. The other females are intensely interested in newborns (just like humans) and often attempt to touch and groom.

These Macaques have an extensive vocal communication repertoire which is used in many situations.

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The Emperor Tamarin

The Emperor Tamarin

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This small primate belongs to the group of New World monkeys.

The global population of the Emperor Tamarin is large and stable and is not on the list of endangered animals.

They can reach 9-10 inches in length, not including the 13.8-16.3 inches of tail. They are 7.7-32 ounces in weight.

These primates are active during the day and rarely descends to the forest floor and walks on all fours of its legs. It spends most of its life in the trees, which provide plenty of food and protection against predators.

They eat fruit, nectar, tree sap, insects, lizards, small reptiles and eggs.

The Emperor Tamarin lives in a troop of 4-20. The elderly female is the leader and each group occupies and defends its territory.

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The Rhesus Macaque

The Rhesus Macaque

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The Rhesus Macaque is a familiar brown with red faces and rears.

They can live up to 40 years in the wild.

These are Asian, Old World Monkeys. Their natural range includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Southeast Asia and China. These intelligent monkeys can adapt to many habitats. 

Hindus regard this monkey as sacred and leave them undisturbed.

Their diet includes roots, fruit, seeds and bark, and also insects and small animals.

The males measures 1.7ft (53cm) and weighs 17 lb (7.70kg). The female measures 105ft (47cm) and weighs 11.81 lb (5.34kg).

The Rhesus Macaque is predominantly 'quadrupedal' (walk on all fours), but they can be arboreal (live in trees) and terrestrial (live on the ground).

They are active both day and night.

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The Mandrill Monkey

The Mandrill Monkey

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The Mandrill Monkey can live up to 20 years (in the wild).

The height of the male is 55-65cm, the female is 45-50cm. The weight of the male is 19-37kg, the female is 10-15kg.

This is the largest of the monkeys and, surprisingly, they are shy and reclusive and live only in the rain forests of equatorial Africa.

They are extremely colourful and are easily identifiable by the blue and red skin on their face and their brightly hued rumps. These colours become brighter when the monkey is excited.

They move with long arms to forage on the ground for fruits, roots and animals, such as insects, reptiles and amphibians.

Mandrills live in groups, called troops, which is headed by a dominant male and include 12 or more females and young.

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