Male marmosets are dichromatic, or colour blind, making reds, greens, browns, and oranges all appear similar. The female can be dichromatic, but most are trichromatic, seeing colour the same way as most humans. Common marmosets are tiny monkeys with long tails. Males are slightly larger than the females. Head and body : 60-80mm, weight : 30g Body covered with fine gray hair, tail with dark and grayish bands. The Common marmosets are predominantly herbivores. The Common Marmoset is also known as the White-tufted-ear Marmoset or Cotton-eared Marmoset; it has a white blaze on the forehead and white ear tufts.
The diet of these primates is mainly composed of tree sap, supplemented with various insects, spiders, fruit, flowers and nectar. Average body length for females is 7.3 in (18.5 cm) and they weigh about 8.3 oz (236 g). Distinguishing characteristics of common marmosets include white ear … Ear tufts absent. Marmosets are small New World monkeys with an adult body length of 14-19cm (not including their long tail) and an average adult body mass of 300-500g. We have determined fat and lean mass in 2 neonatal marmosets that died on day 1 (Power, et al., 2012). On occasion, the Common marmosets are also known to consume frogs, small lizards as … Average body length for males is 7.4 in (19 cm) and they weigh about 9 oz (256 g). Common marmosets average around 29 grams at birth which is around 8% of adult weight. The common marmoset is an exudativore and insectivore. The common marmoset has a body length of about 12 - 15 cm, with a tail length of 29.5 - 35 cm. Logistical complications prevent routine lean and fat mass assessments at day 1. Newborn : Normally born with eyes open.