Saturday, August 10, 2013

Mysore Zoo - Common Marmoset

Mysore Zoo is the most popular zoo at Mysore in India. There are various wild animals and birds at the zoo. One among them is Common Marmoset.


They are small monkeys with long tails. They live together in family group of 4 to 15 animals. 



They have a mixed coat of brownm grey and yellow with white ear tufts and a long, ringed tail. They are mostly arboreal and hardy venture to the ground.

24 comments:

Annemor said...

Cute little thing.
Have a nice day.
Mormor

Manav Singhi said...

Nice Capture. . .

Cloudia said...

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Jeevan said...

Wonderful shots! The animal is strange to me :) Good seeing it for first time.

Anonymous said...

So cute. I love those ear tufts!

Snap said...

They are such cute, tiny little critters. Fun to watch!

Phil Slade said...

What lovely tuftie creatures they are Rajesh.

Anonymous said...

Excellent photos and such treasures of the animal kingdom ~ thanks, carol,xo

TexWisGirl said...

what a cool critter!

Unknown said...

They're adorable!

Ramakant Pradhan said...

It looks quite funny for a monkey. Nice clicks!

eileeninmd said...

They are cute critters! Thanks for sharing!

Kay L. Davies said...

Marmosets seem to be such sweet critters, Rajesh. I'm not sure if they really are, but they sure look it. Of course, if they're in the tree, and I'm on the ground, I might never find out.
K

Anna said...

So sute and so beautiful taken, Rajesh!
Greetings from Holland,
Anna :))

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aha! wonderful :)

Anunoy Samanta said...

Though the enclosure is obscuring some of its beauty, well captured Rajesh :)

Rajesh said...

Thank you all. I am glad you all like it.

Jama said...

They look so cute!

Rat said...

so cute.. :)

ruthinian said...

nice it doesn't look like a monkey to me at first glance.

Suzy said...

So cute. Must be fun to watch.

Dropping by from the Thursday challenge.
Suzy at Photos are fun

Unknown said...

They look cute

K.A. Acharya said...

Great shots. :)

Tomichan Matheikal said...

Seeing the creature for the first time. Thanks.