Stephen Nash's titi monkey

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Stephen Nash's titi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species:
P. stephennashi
Binomial name
Plecturocebus stephennashi
(van Roosmalen, van Roosmalen and Mittermeier, 2002)
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Stephen Nash's titi range
Synonyms

Callicebus stephennashivan Roosmalen, van Roosmalen and Mittermeier, 2002

Stephen Nash's titi monkey (Plecturocebus stephennashi), also known as just Nash's titi or Stephen Nash's monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the eastern bank of the Purus River in Brazil. [1] [2] [3] It was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center. [4] It was described in 2002. [5] It was named in honor of Stephen D. Nash, an illustrator for Conservation International, the organization that funded van Roosmalen's work. [5] The monkey is largely silver with a black forehead and red sideburns and chest, as well as on the underside of the species' limbs. [4] [5] It is 28 inches long, although 17 inches is taken up by the titi's tail. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Boubli, J.P.; Martins, A.B. (2021). "Plecturocebus stephennashi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T41555A192452547. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41555A192452547.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 145. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  3. ↑ Byrne, Hazel; Rylands, Anthony B.; Carneiro, Jeferson C.; Alfaro, Jessica W. Lynch; Bertuol, Fabricio; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Messias, Mariluce; Groves, Colin P.; Mittermeier, Russell A. (1 January 2016). "Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence". Frontiers in Zoology. 13 10. doi: 10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4 . ISSN   1742-9994. PMC   4774130 . PMID   26937245.
  4. 1 2 Lazaroff, Cat (24 June 2002). "Two New Monkeys Found in Amazon Rainforest".
  5. 1 2 3 4 Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species . New York: Harper Perennial. p.  266. ISBN   978-0-06-055804-8.
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