- evolved. However, some
works argue that
callitrichids are
actually a
dwarfed lineage.
Ancestral stem-
callitrichids likely were "normal-sized"
ceboids that...
- (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...
- is home to
species such as
South American tapir, West
Indian manatee,
callitrichid monkeys and macaws, the
African dome is 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) and is home...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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):...
- The most
recent classification of New
World monkeys again splits the
callitrichids off,
leaving only the
capuchins and
squirrel monkeys in this family...
-
diseases that they had not been
previously exposed to. Many were
exposed to
callitrichid hepatitis, and
contracted the disease.
Despite the
challenge of illness...
