The marmoset, visible through the clear dome of a backpack-style carrier and clutching a monkey plushie, was offered for sale for $7,000.
The sale ended in a felony charge, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
On Oct. 8, plainclothes DEC officers met with the seller in Buffalo and agreed to purchase the marmoset after getting multiple reports of the man illegally offering it for sale. According to DEC, the seller — a 39-year-old from Buffalo, according to news reports — did not have permits to own the monkey. He was charged with illegal commercialization of wildlife and is due in Buffalo City Court next Wednesday, court records show…