Cheracebus medemi

(Hershkovitz, 1963)

Medem's Titi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Pitheciidae
Subfamily : Callicebinae
Genus : Cheracebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hershkovitz, P. 1963. A systematic and zoogeographic account of the monkeys of the genus Callicebus (Cebidae) of the Amazonas and Orinoco River basins. Mammalia 27(1):1-80.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1963.27.1.1

Original name as described

Callicebus torquatus medemi

Other common names

Colombian Black-handed Titi · Medem's Collared Titi · Medem's Titi Monkey

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:70699

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f94fbaaa-bf36-46a0-a376-95aa14b4c1a7

Type locality

near the mouth of the Río Mecaya on the right bank of the Río Caquetá, Putumayo, Colombia; altitude 180 m above sea level.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Callicebus to the recently described Cheracebus, although this arrangement is considered tentative, as some recent publications prefer to recognize Cheracebus and Plecturocebus as subgenera of Callicebus

Taxonomy notes citation

Byrne, H., Rylands, A. B., Carneiro, J. C., Alfaro, J. W. L., Bertuol, F., da Silva, M. N., ... & Hrbek, T. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Frontiers in zoology, 13(1), 10. · Gutiérrez, E. E., & Marinho-Filho, J. (2017). The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys, (644), 105. · Teta, P. (2019). The usage of subgenera in mammalian taxonomy. Mammalia, 83(3), 209-211.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000865

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Callicebus torquatus medemi

(Hershkovitz, 1963)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

medemi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:70699

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f94fbaaa-bf36-46a0-a376-95aa14b4c1a7

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Mammalia

Callicebus medemi

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

medemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cheracebus medemi

Byrne, Rylands, J. C. Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro, Bertuol, M. N. F. da Silva, M. Messias, Groves, Mittermeier, Farias, Hrbek, H. Schneider, I. Sampaio, & J. P. Boubli, 2016

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

medemi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Frontiers in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Byrne, Rylands, Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro, Bertuol, Silva, Messias, Groves, Mittermeier, Farias, Hrbek, Schneider, Sampaio & Boubli (2016:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28907)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39944/217755677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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