There’s no getting away from the fact that finger monkeys are downright adorable. These pint-sized primates are the smallest monkeys in the world and are also known as pygmy marmosets. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Where do finger monkeys live?

There are two species of finger monkey: the northern pygmy marmoset ( Cebuella pygmaea ), and the eastern pygmy marmoset ( Cebuella niveiventris ). They live in the Amazon basin in Brazil and across into Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. They prefer a habitat of forest near a river's edge and travel in the thicker vegetation of the understory. Marmosets are very vocal and have all sorts of different calls to communicate with each other through the dense forest.

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