- evolved. However, some
works argue that
callitrichids are
actually a
dwarfed lineage.
Ancestral stem-
callitrichids likely were "normal-sized"
ceboids that...
- chimerism,
which is not
known to
occur in
nature in any
primates other than
callitrichids. 95% of
marmoset fraternal twins trade blood through chorionic fusions...
-
females are
typically related. Some prosimians,
colobine monkeys and
callitrichid monkeys also use this system. The
transfer of
females or
males from their...
-
abnormalities of movement, coordination,
vision and behavior. LCMV
causes callitrichid hepatitis in New
World primates. The
onset of the
infection is nonspecific...
- (Rylands et al., 2016)
showed the
tamarins are a
sister group to all
other callitrichids,
branching off 15–13
million years ago.
Within this clade, six species...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
-
longer than its incisors,
creating the
appearance of tusks. Like
other callitrichids, the cotton-top
tamarin has two
molar teeth on each side of its jaw...
- The most
recent classification of New
World monkeys again splits the
callitrichids off,
leaving only the
capuchins and
squirrel monkeys in this family...
- a lion.
Living in the
eastern rainforests of Brazil, like all
other callitrichids they are arboreal. Lion
tamarins weigh up to 900
grams (32 oz) and are...
- H.; Mundy, N. I. (2013). "Parallel
episodes of
phyletic dwarfism in
callitrichid and
cheirogaleid primates".
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology. 26 (4):...
