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Crafting a shambling, uniquely Midwestern take on British post-punk and psychedelic pop sounds, Indianapolis' Marmoset began playing in the '90s with the lineup of bassist/vocalist Jorma Whittaker, guitarist LonPaul Ellrich, guitarist/vocalist Dave Jablonski, and drummer Jason Cavan. After signing with Secretly Canadian, they released the 1998 debut EP Hiddenforbidden, which featured an abrasive yet catchy sound and songs that barely passed the two-minute mark. Their sprawling debut album, Today It's You, arrived early the following year and broadened the band's sound (even though the length of their songs stayed as short as ever). In 2001, the band returned with The Record in Red, a darker, trippier set of songs; the following year's Mishawaka EP featured cleaner production, more abstract soundwriting, and more detailed arrangements. Marmoset went on hiatus for a few years, during which time Whittaker released a self-titled solo album in 2003. The band resurfaced, minus Ellrich, on the 2006 Indiana indie rock compilation Delicious Berries and contributed a cover of Jens Lekman's "Sky Phenomenon" to Secretly Canadian's SC100 collection in 2007. Florist Fired, which recalled Today It's You's freewheeling art pop, arrived later that year. Whittaker and company moved to Joyful Noise Recordings for Tea Tornado, which was even poppier than its predecessor.
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Marmosets (pronounced /ˈmɑrmɵsɛt/) are the 22 New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the Goeldi's marmoset, Callimico goeldii, which is closely related.
Most marmosets are about 20 centimetres (8 in) long. Relative to other monkeys, they show some apparently primitive features: they have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually variable, changing by up to 4 °C (7 °F) in a day. Marmosets are native to South America and have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.
According to recent research, marmosets exhibit germline chimerism, which is not known to occur in nature in any other primate.
Species list
Genus Callithrix—Atlantic marmosets Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchusBlack-tufted marmoset, Callithrix penicillataWied's marmoset, Callithrix kuhliiWhite-headed marmoset, Callithrix geoffroyiBuffy-headed marmoset, Callithrix flavicepsBuffy-tufted marmoset, Callithrix auritaGenus Mico—Amazonian marmosets Rio Acari marmoset, Mico acariensisManicore marmoset, Mico manicorensisSilvery marmoset, Mico argentataWhite marmoset, Mico leucippeEmilia's marmoset, Mico emiliaeBlack-headed marmoset, Mico nigricepsMarca's marmoset, Mico marcaiBlack-tailed marmoset, Mico melanuraSantarem marmoset, Mico humeraliferaMaués marmoset, Mico mauesiGold-and-white marmoset, Mico chrysoleucaHershkovitz's marmoset, Mico intermediaSatéré marmoset, Mico satereiRondon's marmoset, Mico rondoniGenus Callibella—Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, Callibella humilisGenus Cebuella—Pygmy Marmoset Pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaeaBehavior
Marmosets are highly active, living in the upper canopy of forest trees, and feeding on insects, fruit and leaves. They have long lower incisors, which allow them to chew holes in tree trunks and branches to harvest the gum inside; some species are specialised feeders on gum.
Marmosets live in family groups of three to 15, consisting of one to two breeding females, an unrelated male, their offspring and occasionally extended family members and unrelated individuals. Their mating systems are highly variable and can include monogamy, polygyny and occasionally polyandry. In most species, fraternal twins are usually born, but triplets are not unknown. Like other callitrichines, marmosets are characterized by a high degree of cooperative care of the young and some food sharing and tolerated theft. Adult males, females other than the mother, and older offspring participate in carrying infants. Most groups scent mark and defend the edges of their ranges, but it is unclear if they are truly territorial, as group home ranges greatly overlap.
Human cultural references
Callithrix comes from Ancient Greek and means "beautiful fur". Marmoset is from the French marmouset, uncertain etymology.
The monkey is mentioned in Shakespeare's Tempest, when Caliban says he will instruct his new master Stephano "how to snare the nimble marmoset" [for eating], on the no-man island where the play takes place (Act 2, Scene 2).
