Common name : Pocket monkey, Little lion, Dwarf monkey
Scientific name : Callithrix pygmaea
Family : Callitrichidae
Native to : South America
Interesting fact : Has a diet of tree gum, and is the world’s smallest monkey.
Conservation status : Least Concern
Its fur colour is a mixture of brownish-gold, grey, and black on its back and head and yellow, orange, and tawny on its under parts. Its tail has black rings and its face has flecks of white on its cheeks and a white vertical line between its eyes. The adult fits into a grown human’s palm!
