Gold-And-White Marmoset

• Common Name: Gold-and-white Marmoset
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1842
• Monkey Size: 19 to 26 cm (7.48 to 10.24 in)
• Skin Color(s): Pale yellow to orange
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

The gold-and-white marmoset^[1], also called the golden-white tassel-ear marmoset, is a species of marmoset, a tiny monkey native to the Amazon rainforest in the eastern Amazonas state of Brazil.

• Females and males of Mico chrysoleucos are monomorphic. However, as with other tamarins and marmosets, the species have tufts of hair that distinguish them from other primates.
• The tufts have long white hair and are on the ears. Their fur is a pale yellow to orange. The face is pink.
• In this species, like other tamarins and marmosets, the claws replace the nails of most of the toes, facilitating their scansorial mode of locomotion.
• Gold-and-white marmosets don’t have opposable thumbs; this also applies to other tamarins and marmosets but differs from most other primates.

• Gold-and-white marmosets are highly social primates. They cohabitate in large extended family groups, typically between 8 and 20 individuals, depending on the availability of food sources.
• These monkeys live mainly in trees and only occasionally descend to the forest floor to feed or move to another tree.
• Like many other primates, gold-and-white marmosets enjoy playing with each other, mainly when they are young. Still, it remains an essential aspect of life well into adulthood.
• This species uses calls to inform every member of their group of food sources, predators, and invasive tamarin groups.
• Sprawling and chest rubbing are used for territorial purposes and to show the dominance of specific individuals in a group.