pygmy marmoset

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Noun1.pygmy marmoset - the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon
Cebuella pygmaea
marmoset - small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
Cebuella, genus Cebuella - pygmy marmosets
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The pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea (Spix, 1823), is the smallest Neotropical primate species (Townsend, 2001).
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