Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1866-01-01. Notice of some new species of Callithrix in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)17(97):57-58.

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Original name as described

Callithrix ornata

Other common names

Ornate Titi Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1859.7.9.4

Type kind

holotype

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Type locality

"New Granada," now Colombia. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1963 to Villavicencio region, Río Meta, Meta, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

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

Vulnerable

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