Labor of a free-living buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita) at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in southeastern Brazil

Abstract

Callithrix aurita is an endangered small primate endemic to the Atlantic Forest. The present work reports the labor of a free-living C. aurita, through observation of its length and offspring viability. A conservative treatment was used to maintain fetal viability, in view of the species conservation importance.

Keywords: callitrichid; conservation; endangered species; parturition.