Black-tufted-ear marmoset Callithrix penicillata

Animals in our sanctuary

Rabah

Date of birth

21-07-2011

Date taken in

07-10-2015

Rabah, Vadim and Zafar come from the Wissel Zoo, an animal park in the Netherlands, which had to close its doors. De Zonnegloed adopted various animals that could not go anywhere else.

Vadim

Date of birth

26-09-2007

Date taken in

07-10-2015

Vadim, Zafar and Rabah come from the Wissel Zoo, an animal park in the Netherlands, which had to close its doors. De Zonnegloed adopted various animals that could not go anywhere else.

Zafar

Date of birth

26-09-2007

Date taken in

07-10-2015

Zafar, Vadim and Rabah come from the Wissel Zoo, an animal park in the Netherlands, which had to close its doors. De Zonnegloed adopted various animals that could not go anywhere else.

Where does he feel most at home?

The black-tufted marmoset likes to live high in the trees of the rainforests of Brazil.

What's his favourite food?

They like to eat tree gum, fruit, insects, worms and beetles.

Fun fact

Though the black-tufted marmoset lives in small family groups, it is believed that they share their food source, sap trees, with other marmoset groups. Scent marking does occur within these groups, but it is believed that the marking is to deter other species rather than other black-tufted marmoset groups, because other groups typically ignore these markings.