Marmosets are very small monkeys. Most of the 22 different species are only about eight inches long (not including the tail). They are also fairly primitive with a less developed brain than other monkeys and several interesting physical characteristics like claws rather than nails. This black-tailed marmoset was photographed in the Pantanal of Brazil. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
Hey Sue, from what I remember, he definitely seemed larger than that, but they are small little guys. Wikipedia tells me that the black-tailed marmoset is larger than average and generally grow to about a foot in length.
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Was this marmoset on the smallish (8″) size, Sean? Looks bigger than that, but difficult to tell from the image.
Hey Sue, from what I remember, he definitely seemed larger than that, but they are small little guys. Wikipedia tells me that the black-tailed marmoset is larger than average and generally grow to about a foot in length.