Stephen Nash's titi monkey
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]
| Stephen Nash's titi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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Callicebus stephennashi van Roosmalen, van Roosmalen and Mittermeier, 2002 | |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lazaroff, Cat (24 June 2002). "Two New Monkeys Found in Amazon Rainforest".
- 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.