Plecturocebus moloch

(von Hoffmannsegg, 1807)

Red-bellied Titi

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hoffmannsegg, J.C. von. 1807. Beschreibung vier affenartiger Thiere aus Brasilien. Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1(2):83-104.

Original name as described

Cebus Moloch

Other common names

Dusky Titi · Orabassu Titi · Red-bellied Titi Monkey

Type material

MNHN 687 (= MNHN 522), ZMB (no numbers given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

vicinity of the state of Pará. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1963 to the right bank of the lower Rio Tapajós, district of Santarém, Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Callicebus to the recently described Plecturocebus, 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

Least Concern

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