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GOELDI'S MONKEY
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Callimico goeldii
HOUSE NAMES: "Bond, James Bond" male and "Peaches" Female
HABITAT: Mixed deciduous forests, dwelling in trees at a height of about 16 feet in the upper Amazonian rain forest of South America.
CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
HABITAT: Insects (especially arthropods), fruit, small vertebrates, fungi (jelly and bamboo), and gum.
FUN FACT:
Discovered by E.A. Goeldi in 1904, the diurnal Goeldi’s monkeys can be found in groups ranging from 5-8 individuals. Groups travel their territory by leaping from one tree trunk to another, and are led by a dominant breeding male and 2 breeding females.
DESCRIPTION: Average wild male weight 366 grams and female 355 grams. Weights are higher in captivity. Average captive male weight 553 grams and female 527 grams. Head and body length: 8.4 – 9.2 in; tail length: 10.6 – 12.8 in. The thick hair is coal black, long and disheveled looking, broken only by a few buff-colored marks on the nape. Some individuals have 2 - 3 buff rings at the base of the tail. Head is rounded, jaws are somewhat protruded, and nose is pug-like. Skin of nose, lips, ears, hands, and feet is black. No ear tufts but does have a mane from the neck & shoulders. Hand & foot are elongate, and all the digits have sickle-shaped nails, except the great toe, which has a flat nail. The only member of the Callitrichidae family with 36 teeth.
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