Thus, despite their small size, they need and use a relatively large area. Of course a zoo cannot replicate the amount of space a family of marmosets would occupy in the wild, but physically it should ...

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The Department of Zoological Research at the National Zoo in Washington, DC houses three pairs of lion- tamarin monkeys (Leontopithicus rosalia rosalia and L.R.chrysomelia) and one pair of marmosets ...

The common marmoset may be small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, but the diminutive stature of these monkeys belies their enormous significance in unraveling the intricate mysteries of human ...

The fire on the night of 31 December gutted the zoo's tropical ape house. Rare Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets lived in the 2,000 sq m (21,500 sq ft) enclosure. Two chimpanzees and a ...

About a decade ago, Japan became the first country to adopt the common marmoset as a neurological model for a major brain project. A New World primate originating from Brazil, marmosets are easier ...

said he had received a call from Riyadh Zoo saying that Saudi authorities would not grant entry to the pygmy marmosets. "They didn't want the monkeys anymore because of the political situation ...

Among those who made the 'nice list' this year at the zoo was a giant anteater and a pygmy marmoset monkey. One of the zoo's giant anteaters inspecting its gift Richard Brown, curator at Dudley ...