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2 unusual facts about Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset


Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset

In 1996, Marc van Roosmalen, the discoverer, was given a milk can by a river trader with one of these monkeys inside.

Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (Callibella humilis or Callithrix (Calibella) humilis), also known as the black-crowned dwarf marmoset, is a small New World monkey native to the Amazon Rainforest, on the east bank of the lower Madeira River, and the west bank of the Aripuanã River, in Brazil.



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