I'm rather fond of this species - I could swear that I uploaded a photo of a Twycross individual a year or so ago, but it seems to have gone missing......
'Tamarin' is used for the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus, 'marmoset' for Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella and Mico (and very occasionally Callimico, otherwise simply known as the Geoldi's Monkey).
I think there is a difference in dentition (always a favourite of the mammal taxonomist) that separates them, but I don't know the details off the top of my head.
I think there is a difference in dentition (always a favourite of the mammal taxonomist) that separates them, but I don't know the details off the top of my head.
Pretty much; the dentition and jawbones of the marmosets are adapted to enable them to strip bark from trees, enabling them to feed on the exudates produced.
