World’s tiniest monkeys, the latest arrival at Sakkarbaug zoo(Video)
March 25, 2012
Video of Marmoset enclosure launching at Sakkarbaug zoo
Junagadh, 25 March 2012
A pair of World’s smallest monkey species has been brought to Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh.
A pair of Pygmy Marmosets or Pocket Monkey is brought here from Mysore Zoo under animal exchange programme. The Mysore zoo got a pair of lions in return.
According to Shri V J Rana, director of Sakkarbaug Zoo, Pygmy marmoset is just 5.5 to 6.5 inches `tall’, and weighs 300 to 500 grams. The species is found in Latin America.It’s diet includes fruit, leaves, insects, small reptiles and tree-sap.
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