Saving the world’s smallest monkeys from extinctionThe buffy tufted-ear marmoset, Callithrix aurita, is one of the “mountain marmosets” of the higher altitude Atlantic rainforest remnants along the eastern side of Brazil. Threatened by habitat loss and by invasive pet marmosets that have been illegally released into its habitat, a conservation plan for these tiny monkeys has now been set up in Brazil.
Very little is known about them, so we are supporting surveys to find out where they still remain, rescue and translocation work, and a specialist conservation centre at the University of Viçosa in the state of Minas Gerais.
There is now a small captive population within Brazil that we are helping to develop.
