Plecturocebus toppini

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Toppin's 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1914-05-01. New Callicebus and Eumops from S. America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13(77):480-481.

Original name as described

Callicebus toppini

Other common names

Toppin's Titi Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.3.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Río Tahuamanu (c.12° 20' S, 68° 45' W), near Bolivian border, NE Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from P. cupreus; 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

Vermeer, J.; Tello-Alvarado, J. C. (2015). The Distribution and Taxonomy of Titi Monkeys (Callicebus) in Central and Southern Peru, with the Description of a New Species. Primate Conservation. 29: 9–29. · 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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