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Reproduction in Female Marmoset Monkeys, Callithrix jacchus

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Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates

Abstract

Marmoset and tamarin monkeys, frequently referred to simply as “marmosets,” are small (100 to 800 g), arboreal, anthropoid primates of the family Callitrichidae. The common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, the focus of this chapter, belongs to one of the two “short-tusked” genera of callitrichid monkeys, both of which are anatomically, ecologically, behaviorally, and often physiologically distinct from the two tamarin genera of Saguinus and Leontopithecus. Thus, the aspects of female reproductive biology covered by this chapter may not always be typical of female callitrichid monkeys in general.

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Abbott, D.H. (1992). Reproduction in Female Marmoset Monkeys, Callithrix jacchus . In: Hamlett, W.C. (eds) Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2866-0_17

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