Scientific name: Saguinus midas
Conservation status:
Life expectancy: 10 years in the wild
Gestation period: 140-170
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Lifestyle and Location:
- These new world monkeys live in groups of 4-15 individuals and are native to northern-south America.
- Just like most marmosets and tamarins they usually give birth to twins.
- They are omnivorous and eat fruit, flowers, insects, frogs, spiders, nectar and lizards. And are known to be eaten by small cats, birds of prey and snakes.
Appearance:
As you can see in the photo above they have reddish-orange hands (hence the name) but black over the rest of the body with sprinkles of brown and grey. Their body is around 20.5-28 cm but with a tail which is 31-44 cm and they weigh 400-550 g.
Joss‘s Facts
- They have been found to be able to jump off a tree and onto the ground from up to 60 feet high (18 meters) with no sign of injury.
- They are normally looked after and watched by the males and only given to the mother to nurse, but the all the group helps with the care of the young.