Сан-Тарем мармозеті: Сипаттамасы мен ерекшеліктері

Species of New World monkey

The Santarem marmoset (Mico humeralifer), also known as the black and white tassel ear marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.

The Santarem marmoset is a small monkey, with a head body length of Adults have been reported to weigh anything from Its physical form is similar to that of other marmosets, with lower canines that barely protrude above the line of the incisors and claws (rather than nails) on all of their digits except for the big toe. It most closely resembles the Maués marmoset in appearance, differing in having paler fur and in the shape of the ear tassels. Males and females are similar in size. The scientific name "humeralifer" roughly translates as "wearing a shoulder cape" and refers to the mantle of light grey fur that covers the animal's shoulders. There are also patches of whitish fur on the hips, but otherwise the body is black with irregular grey spots over the back and flanks, and yellowish on the underparts. The limbs are black, apart from grey fur stretching down over the outer surface of the upper arms from the mantle. The non prehensile tail is long and ringed with black and grey; all but one other species in the genus Mico lack these distinctive tail rings.

Like other members of its genus, the Santarem marmoset travels in the lower parts of the forest canopy, and feed primarily on fruit and insects, supplementing its diet with small lizards and frogs and with gum gouged from trees. They live in small family groups, with about six members being typical, although groups of up to fifteen individuals have been reported. They make long calls with their tongue vibrating rapidly, said to resemble the sound of a cricket, and also shorter chirps. Like most other marmosets, they normally give birth to non identical twins twice per year. Juveniles are said to have black stripe along the head and hairy, but not tufted, ears.