| Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms: Jacchus albicollis, Jacchus hapale, Jacchus vulgaris, Simia jacchus |
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Callithrix jacchus is endemic to north-eastern Brazil (Ceará, Piaui, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and, perhaps, northern Bahia; see Map); introduced elsewhere in eastern and southern Brazil through releases of unwanted pets or confiscated animals. Original inhabitant of gallery and semi-deciduous forests of the northeast, it has adapted to living in fragments of humid Atlantic forest, gardens, villages and urban parks. Common Marmoset is a gum-feeding specialist, using its lower incisors to gouge feeding holes in gum-producing trees; other foods include fruit, insects, bird eggs and nestlings, etc. These marmosets live in family groups; one breeding female per group. Outside of its native range, C. jacchus has become an invasive species, replacing native marmosets through competition and hybridization, e.g., Buffy-tufted Marmoset (C. aurita) at lower elevations.
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