Date: February
27, 2018
Source:
University of Salford
Summary:
Evolutionary biologists have now discovered
that the Pygmy Marmoset -- the world's smallest monkey -- is not one species
but two.
Weighing in at just 100 grams -- roughly the
size of a large tomato -- the insect-eating primate was first described
scientifically in 1823 by German naturalist Johann Spix as Cebuella pygmaea, with a sub-species subsequently found.
Now a team led by the University of Salford,
using the latest techniques in genomics and phylogenetics, have established
proof of two clades or branches of pygmy marmosets, that have diverged from one
another around 2 -- 3 million years ago.
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