Buffy-headed marmoset  (Callithrix flaviceps)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Diurnal: active during the day.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
  • Secondary forest: forest that has re-grown after a major disturbance, such as fire or timber harvest, but has not yet reached the mature state of primary forest.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (February, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  3. CITES (February, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Kinzey, W.G. (1997) New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.Aldine de Gruyter, New York.
  6. Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. (1982) The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
  7. Ferrari, S.F., Corrèa, K.M. and Coutinho, P.E.G. (1996) Ecology of the southern marmosets: How different, how similar?. In: Norconk, M.A., Garber, P.A. and Rosenberger, A.L. (Eds) Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates.Plenum Press, New York.
  8. Ferrari, S.F. and Ferrari, M.A.L. (1990) Predator avoidance behaviour in the buffy-headed marmoset, Callithrix flaviceps. Primates, 31 (3): 323 - 328.
  9. Ferrari, S.F. (1992) The care of infants in a wild marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) group. American Journal of Primatology, 26: 109 - 118.
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