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"A pair of pigmey marmoset, the smallest species of the monkey, also called pocket monkey, has been brought here from Mysore Zoo under animal exchange programme," said V J Rana, director of Sakkarbaug Zoo.
Rana said no other zoo in Gujarat had this species. The Mysore zoo got a pair of lions in return.
A pigmy marmoset is just 5.5 to 6.5 inches `tall`, and weighs 300 to 500 grams. The species is found in Western Brazil, South-Eastern Colombia, Eastern Ecuador and Eastern Peru, zoo officials said, adding that the tiny animal`s diet includes fruit, leaves, insects, small reptiles and tree-sap.