What monkey is the smallest monkey in the world?

The smallest monkey in the world, the thumb monkey (only as long as a finger)?

Monkeys are children’s favorite animal. Do you know what kind of monkey the smallest monkey in the world is? ? As shown in the picture below, a monkey as big as one finger, the thumb monkey, is the smallest monkey in the world. Let’s take a look at the amazing thumb monkey.

The smallest monkey in the world, the thumb monkey (long finger) lives in the forest of the Amazon River Basin in South America, the smallest monkey in the world - the marmoset, also known as the thumb monkey. When grown up, this monkey is only 10-12 centimeters tall and weighs 80-100 grams. A newborn monkey is about the size of a broad bean and weighs 13 grams. Thumb monkeys like to catch and eat lice

and are docile by nature, so raising them has become a hobby of the local Indians.

The thumb monkey rests in its nest during the day and comes out at night to grab branches with its long claws and look for fruits and larvae to eat. Thumb monkeys can use their powerful teeth to crack the hard shells of fruits like coconuts. The aye-aye has a long, slender middle toe with extra long claws, which it uses to catch larvae and eat them. It sticks its toes into the hole, pokes the larvae, and pops them into its mouth.