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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000882

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.

Cebus Moloch

(von Hoffmannsegg, 1807)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Fischer (1829:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Callithrix moloch

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499308

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Desmarest (1821:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Gray (1871:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  6. Schlegel (1876:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Callithrix hypoxantha

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

hypoxantha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Callithrix hypokantha

(Olfers, 1819)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

hypokanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

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

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

201

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia moloch

(Griffith, 1821)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Griffith (1821:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)

Saguinus moloch

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Simia sakir

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

sakir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

1036 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549227

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Callicebus remulus

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

remulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.6.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc575cd9-fedc-4b48-b236-a61d8fd17c3a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd746eb7-c3e1-4de8-ab56-40ebce9276d8

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494168

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Callicebus emiliae

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

emiliae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.4.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2cbe73f9-8db9-4447-9c43-087c9b1c7a7b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/521fddd3-1b63-4ddb-9700-61d6f8277775

Authority page

606

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815330

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Callicebus moloch

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602795

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Lönnberg (1939:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66648)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227, 228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Groves (1993:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Callicebus geoffroyi

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51959794

Authority publication

Rio de Janeiro

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Plecturocebus moloch

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

moloch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Frontiers in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Byrne, Rylands, Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro, Bertuol, Silva, Messias, Groves, Mittermeier, Farias, Hrbek, Schneider, Sampaio & Boubli (2016:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28907)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41556/192452656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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