Interesting Facts

Marmosets are awesome. Fact.

Marmosets usually grow to about 8 inches in length.

Marmosets don't have fingernails or toe-nails; instead, they have claws.

The body temperature of marmosets can vary a large amount during the day, sometimes even up to 7* F.

Marmosets live in family groups usually consisting of three to fifteen members.

Some marmosets are monogamous, while others are polygamous.

Marmosets have tacticle hairs on their wrists.

The Department of Cognitive Biology at Universitat Wien has a Marmoset Lab. They are constantly running research projects on marmosets and publishing papers about their marmoset studies. Check out their website.

*Photo above by Flickr user fhwrdh