It is hard to guess what a Buffy-headed marmoset weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) on average weights 374 grams (0.82 lbs).
The Buffy-headed marmoset is from the family Callitrichidae (genus: Callithrix). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 24 cm (0′ 10″). Usually, Buffy-headed marmosets have 2 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) is a rare species of marmoset endemic to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil. It occurs in southern Espírito Santo and possibly northern Rio de Janeiro and its distribution extends into Minas Gerais.
Animals of the same family as a Buffy-headed marmoset
We found other animals of the Callitrichidae family:
- Brown-mantled tamarin with a weight of 393 grams
- Goeldi’s marmoset with a weight of 558 grams
- Moustached tamarin with a weight of 557 grams
- Santarem marmoset with a weight of 375 grams
- Golden-mantled tamarin with a weight of 385 grams
- Pied tamarin with a weight of 465 grams
- Cotton-top tamarin with a weight of 463 grams
- White-footed tamarin with a weight of 457 grams
- Geoffroy’s tamarin with a weight of 493 grams
- Mottle-faced tamarin with a weight of 803 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Buffy-headed marmoset
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Callithrix flaviceps:
- Pygmy rabbit bringing 437 grams to the scale
- Pygmy spotted skunk bringing 365 grams to the scale
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat bringing 312 grams to the scale
- Allen’s woodrat bringing 368 grams to the scale
- Tropical pocket gopher bringing 350 grams to the scale
- Golden bandicoot bringing 425 grams to the scale
- Red bush squirrel bringing 365 grams to the scale
- Red squirrel bringing 333 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- San Luis tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Buffy-headed marmoset
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Buffy-headed marmoset:
- Bornean mountain ground squirrel with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Pied tamarin with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Long-tailed weasel with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Common gundi with a size of 20.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Gray tree rat with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Northeast African mole-rat with a size of 19.7 cm (0′ 8″)
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Black jackrabbit with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Buffy-headed marmoset
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Buffy-headed marmoset: