#0332 · 🦊 mammals
Common Marmoset
🇳🇱 Gewoon Penseelaapje ·Callithrix jacchus
📍 Lot. Henrique de Sa, João Pessoa - PB, 58020-325, Brasil
📍 Lot. Henrique de Sa, João Pessoa - PB, 58020-325, Brasil
📍 Alecrim, Natal - RN, Brazil
📍 Redinha
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rum Bucolic Ape · CC BY-ND 4.0
- 2. © animalencounters · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Célio Moura Neto · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Peter Chen 2.0 · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Analía Benavidez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © gillbsydney · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lot. Henrique de Sa, João Pessoa - PB, 58020-325, Brasil:© Antonio Nonato · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Lot. Henrique de Sa, João Pessoa - PB, 58020-325, Brasil:© Targino · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alecrim, Natal - RN, Brazil:© Yby Naturalista · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Redinha:© Yby Naturalista · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus ) is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the northeastern coast of Brazil, in the states of Piaui, Paraiba, 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) and became there an invasive species, raising concerns about...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,160 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Marmoset
- Nederlands
- Gewoon Penseelaapje
- scientific name
- Callithrix jacchus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Callitrichidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,160
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Callitrichidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43373, Wikidata Q838947, GBIF 5219542, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.