{"id":6073,"date":"2011-02-28T10:59:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=6073"},"modified":"2019-07-25T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T18:14:48","slug":"the-worlds-smallest-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/the-worlds-smallest-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Smallest Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pygmy marmoset (<em>Cebuella pygmaea<\/em>) is the smallest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/hot\/chatting-with-a-primate-researcher\/\">monkey<\/a> in the world. They live in the Amazon of South America, hanging out in the forest looking for tree sap or gum to eat.&nbsp; On average these little monkeys weigh 124 grams, which is about the size of a kitten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5996\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5996  \" title=\"pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen.jpg\" alt=\"pygmy marmoset, monkey, callithrix pygmaea\" width=\"576\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-648x470.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-696x504.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-580x420.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Malene Thyseen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Callithrix_pygmaea.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Callithrix_pygmaea.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/resources.html\">educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play <a href=\"..\/..\/games\">games<\/a>, discover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/category\/omg-facts\/\">amazing facts<\/a>, meet <a href=\"..\/..\/animals\/\">animal ambassadors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bringbackthewild.com\/\">fundraise<\/a> to protect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bringbackthewild.com\/\">biodiversity<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\"> <\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet a kitten sized primate! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/content\/wildwire\/pygmy_marmoset_callithrix_pygmaea_photo_credit_Malene_thyseen-236x160.jpg\" alt=\" pygmy marmoset monkey callithrix pygmaea \"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,409,931],"tags":[211,182,183,111,329],"class_list":{"0":"post-6073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-omg_animals","8":"category-omg-facts","9":"category-all","10":"tag-amazon","11":"tag-monkey","12":"tag-primates","13":"tag-smallest","14":"tag-south-america"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}