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(Redirected from Vieira's titi) Species of New World monkey

Vieira's titi
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species: P. vieirai
Binomial name
Plecturocebus vieirai
Gualda-Barros, Nascimento & Amaral, 2012
Synonyms

Callicebus vieirai

Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from central-northern Brazil.

Taxonomy

Vieira's titi belongs to the New World monkey family Pitheciidae, which contains the titis (Callicebus), saki monkeys (Pithecia), bearded sakis (Chiropotes), and uakaris (Cacajao).

Etymology

Plecturocebus vieirai is named after Professor Carlos Octaviano da Cunha Vieira (1897‑1958), a Brazilian mammalogist and former Curator of the Mammal Collection at the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZUSP), Brazil.

References

  1. Costa-Araújo, R.; Melo, R.; Silva Júnior, J.S.; Buss, G.; Boubli, J.P.; Hrbek, T.; Canale, G.R. (2022). "Plecturocebus vierai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T70330181A215349266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T70330181A215349266.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ Gualda-Barros, J.; Nascimento, F. O.; Amaral, M. K. (2012). "A new species of Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae) from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (23): 261–279. doi:10.1590/s0031-10492012002300001. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
Taxon identifiers
Plecturocebus vieirai
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