Plecturocebus vieirai

(Gualda-Barros, do Nascimento, & Kerr do Amaral, 2012)

Vieira'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

Gualda-Barros, J., Nascimento, F.O. do and Kerr do Amaral, M. 2012. A new species of Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae) from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52(23):261-279.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492012002300001

Original name as described

Callicebus vieirai

Type material

MZUSP 34663

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rio Renato, a right (east) bank tributary of the Rio Teles Pires near the town of Cláudia, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil (11° 33' S, 55° 10' W).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described; 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

Gualda-Barros, J., Nascimento, F.O. and Amaral, M.K. 2012. A new species of Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae) from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52(23): 261–279. · 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

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000891

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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 vieirai

(Gualda-Barros, do Nascimento, & Kerr do Amaral, 2012)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

vieirai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUSP 34663

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

263

Authority publication

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Plecturocebus vieirai

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

vieirai

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 #100000035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70330181/222944989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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