Senses
Understand how common marmosets sense the world
Understanding Behaviour
This section of the site is a modern, multimedia version of the ‘ethogram’ (reference catalogue of the range of behaviours seen in common marmosets).
Information is also given on how marmosets sense the world and about infant development.
- Watch, and listen to your marmosets as often as you can
- Understanding and observing their behaviour gives valuable information about their state of well-being
- Behaviour, postures, calls and facial expressions offer the most direct insight to good and poor welfare in marmosets
- Notice what is normal behaviour for your marmosets so that you can recognise what is not
Faces
View common marmoset facial expressions
Postures
See the bodily postures shown by common marmosets
Behaviours
View the range of common marmoset behaviours
Calls
Listen to the vocalisations made by common marmosets
Development
Understand normal development in captive common marmosets
Quiz
Test your knowledge of common marmoset behaviour
Note – We cannot provide examples of any stereotypic and most stress-related behaviours that are known to occur in marmosets, due to the high quality of care in the facility from which the footage and photographs were predominantly collected. Such behaviours are described.