Callithrix

Japanese: Callithrix
Callithrix

…The word marmoset is said to come from an old French word meaning “small and strange thing.” The name marmoset comes from the fact that the scientific name of the marmoset genus, Callithrix , means “silk hair.” The classification of the Marmoset family varies among scholars, with 2 to 5 genera and 20 to 30 species. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Callithrix" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…マーモセットとは古いフランス語の〈小さくて変わったもの〉を意味する語によるという。また,キヌザルの名はマーモセット属の学名Callithrixが絹毛を意味するところからきている。キヌザル科の分類は2~5属,20~30種と学者によってさまざまである。…

※「Callithrix」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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