The common marmoset: an overview of its natural history, ecology and behavior

N Schiel, A Souto - Developmental Neurobiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Callithrix jacchus are small‐bodied Neotropical primates popularly known as common
marmosets. They are endemic to Northeast Brazil and occur in contrasting environments …

A Review of Experimental, Natural, and Anthropogenic Hybridization in Callithrix Marmosets

J Malukiewicz - International Journal of Primatology, 2019 - Springer
Natural and anthropogenic hybridization both occur in primates, but the effects of these
distinct processes on primate evolution and population dynamics can be difficult to …

The marmoset as a model system for studying voluntary motor control

J Walker, J MacLean… - Developmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The common marmoset has recently gained interest as an animal model for systems and
behavioral neuroscience. This is due in part to the advent of transgenic marmosets, which …

The comparative genomics of Bifidobacterium callitrichos reflects dietary carbohydrate utilization within the common marmoset gut

K Albert, A Rani, DA Sela - Microbial genomics, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Bifidobacterium is a diverse genus of anaerobic, saccharolytic bacteria that colonize many
animals, notably humans and other mammals. The presence of these bacteria in the …

Captive Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) Are Colonized throughout Their Lives by a Community of Bifidobacterium Species with Species-Specific Genomic …

L Zhu, Q Yang, MJ Suhr Van Haute, CR Kok… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is an omnivorous New World primate whose diet
in the wild includes large amounts of fruit, seeds, flowers, and a variety of lizards and …

Marmoset metabolism, nutrition, and obesity

CN Ross, R Colman, M Power, S Tardif - ILAR journal, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The use of marmosets as nonhuman primate models of human disease has undergone
rapid expansion in the United States in the last decade, with an emphasis in the field of …

Species-specific resource availability as potential correlates of foraging strategy in Atlantic Forest edge-living common marmosets

JP Souza-Alves, RRD Chagas Alves… - Ethology Ecology & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In seasonal environments, while some primates change their behavioural patterns
according to the total food available, others associate it with plant-specific food availability …

Taxonomy and natural history

M de Fátima Arruda, ME Yamamoto… - The common marmoset …, 2019 - Elsevier
The common marmoset is a small New World primate that shows specializations for tree-
gouging and exudate-feeding. It occurs naturally in northeastern Brazil and exploits a range …

Bifidobacteria define gut microbiome profiles of golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) and marmoset (Callithrix sp.) metagenomic shotgun pools

J Malukiewicz, M D'arc, CA Dias, RA Cartwright… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Gut microbiome disruptions may lead to adverse effects on wildlife fitness and viability, thus
maintaining host microbiota biodiversity needs to become an integral part of wildlife …

High rates of predation of the nests of two endemic antbirds of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by invasive marmosets (Callithrix spp.)

Y Ballarini, FG Chaves, MB Vecchi, MAS Alves - Annales Zoologici Fennici, 2021 - BioOne
Invasive predators contributed to recent extinctions worldwide, including endemic birds. We
monitored nests of two endemic birds in the Atlantic Forest, the serra antwren (Formicivora …