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Geoffroy's marmoset -Callithrix geoffroyi

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Geoffroy's marmoset
Marmosets are small, squirrel-like primates from the Atlantic rainforests of Southeast Brazil. They have incisor teeth that are specially shaped to allow them to carve small holes in the trunks of trees, from which they drink the tree sap and gum that oozes out.
Geoffroy's marmoset.
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