Urubamba brown titi monkey

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

Urubamba brown titi monkey
In Department of Madre de Dios, Peru
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. urubambensis
Binomial name
Plecturocebus urubambensis
(Vermeer & Tello-Alvarado, 2015)

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][7][8]

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.[7]

Description

This species is not as grizzled as P. brunneus, and also has a varying amount of black on the head.[7]

References
  1. Vermeer, J. (2020). "Plecturocebus urubambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T127530581A127530585. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T127530581A127530585.en. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. 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. Vermeer, Jan (2015-01-26). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Plecturocebus urubambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  8. "ITIS - Report: Plecturocebus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.