Common marmoset: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common marmoset lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Callithrix jacchus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the common marmoset live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common marmoset in 2 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, José de Freitas.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common marmoset endangered?

The common marmoset’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common marmoset?

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Callithrix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common marmoset

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), also called white-tufted marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset, is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the northeastern coast of Brazil, in the states of Piauí, Paraíba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Bahia. Through release (both intentional and unintentional) of captive individuals, it has expanded its range since the 1920s to Southeast Brazil (its first sighting in the wild for Rio de Janeiro was in 1929), where it became an invasive species, raising concerns about genetic pollution of similar species, such as the buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita), and predation upon bird nestlings and eggs.

The whole genome sequence of a female common marmoset was published on 20 July 2014. It became the first New World monkey to have its genome sequenced.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common marmoset (revision 1356684361), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q838947 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).