Urubamba brown titi monkey

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Urubamba brown titi monkey
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species:
P. urubambensis
Binomial name
Plecturocebus urubambensis
(Vermeer & Tello-Alvarado, 2015)
Synonyms

Callicebus urubambensis

The Urubamba brown titi monkey (Plecturocebus urubambensis) is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Peru. [2]

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Taxonomy

Populations in this species were formerly classified within the brown titi (P. brunneus), but a 2015 study found it to be a distinct, undescribed species that also belonged in a different species group of Plecturocebus from P. brunneus (the P. donacophilus group), and thus described it as P. urubambensis. [3] [4] [5] [6] The results of this study were followed by the IUCN Red List, ITIS, and American Society of Mammalogists. [2] [1] [7]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Peru, where it is found east of the Tambo River and west of the Urubamba, Manú, and Madre de Dios rivers. [1]

Description

This species is not as grizzled as P. brunneus, and also has a varying amount of black on the head. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Vermeer, J. (2020). "Plecturocebus urubambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T127530581A127530585. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T127530581A127530585.en .
  2. 1 2 "Plecturocebus urubambensis (Vermeer & Tello-Alvarado, 2015)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. ↑ Vermeer, Jan; Tello-Alvarado, Julio C. (2015-12-15). "The Distribution and Taxonomy of Titi Monkeys (Callicebus) in Central and Southern Peru, with the Description of a New Species". Primate Conservation. 2015 (29): 9–29. doi: 10.1896/052.029.0102 . ISSN   0898-6207. S2CID   86130716.
  4. ↑ "Scientists discover new primate in the embattled heart of the Amazon". Mongabay Environmental News. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  5. ↑ Barnett, Adrian. "New species of titi monkey discovered in remote Peruvian forest". New Scientist. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  6. ↑ Hood, Marlowe. "It's a titi! New monkey species found in Peru". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  7. ↑ "Plecturocebus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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