Plecturocebus is one of three genera of titi monkeys.
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| Brown titi (Plecturocebus brunneus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Callicebinae |
| Genus: | Plecturocebus Byrne, Rylands, Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro, Bertuol, da Silva, Messias, Groves, Mittermeier, Farias, Hrbek, Schneider, Sampaio & Boubli, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Cebus moloch[1] Hoffmannsegg, 1807
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| Species | |
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Historically, these monkeys were monogeneric, being placed in a single genus: Callicebus Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy was proposed in 2016 that recognises three genera within the subfamily Callicebinae; Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the Amazonian and Chaco titis of the moloch and donacophilus groups; Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the species of the torquatus group (Widow titis); and Callicebus Thomas, 1903 sensu stricto, for species of the Atlantic Forest personatus group.[1]
Plecturocebus is derived from the Latin forms of three Greek words: plektos, meaning twist or plait, oura, meaning tail, and kebos, meaning long-tailed monkey. All together, this refers to the behavior of many titi monkeys to intertwine their tails when they sit next to each other.[1]
Species
editThere are 25 species in this genus:
- P. donacophilus group
- White-eared titi monkey, Plecturocebus donacophilus
- Rio Beni titi monkey, Plecturocebus modestus
- Rio Mayo titi monkey, Plecturocebus oenanthe
- Olalla brothers' titi monkey, Plecturocebus olallae
- White-coated titi monkey, Plecturocebus pallescens
- Urubamba brown titi monkey, Plecturocebus urubambensis[2]
- P. moloch group
- Madidi titi monkey, Plecturocebus aureipalatii
- Baptista Lake titi monkey, Plecturocebus baptista
- Prince Bernhard's titi monkey, Plecturocebus bernhardi
- Brown titi monkey, Plecturocebus brunneus
- Chestnut-bellied titi monkey, Plecturocebus caligatus
- Caquetá titi monkey, Plecturocebus caquetensis
- Ashy black titi monkey, Plecturocebus cinerascens
- Coppery titi monkey, Plecturocebus cupreus
- White-tailed titi monkey, Plecturocebus discolor
- Hershkovitz's titi monkey, Plecturocebus dubius
- Alta Floresta titi monkey, Plecturocebus grovesi[3]
- Hoffmanns's titi monkey, Plecturocebus hoffmannsi
- Milton's titi monkey, Plecturocebus miltoni[4][5]
- Red-bellied titi monkey, Plecturocebus moloch
- Ornate titi monkey, Plecturocebus ornatus
- Parecis titi monkey, Plecturocebus parecis[6]
- Stephen Nash's titi monkey, Plecturocebus stephennashi
- Toppin's titi monkey, Plecturocebus toppini[2]
- Vieira's titi monkey, Plecturocebus vieirai[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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. (2016-01-01). "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.
- ^ a b Vermeer, J.; Tello-Alvarado, J. C. (2015). "The Distribution and Taxonomy of Titi Monkeys (Callicebus) in Central and Southern Peru, with the Description of a New Species". Primate Conservation. 29: 9–29. doi:10.1896/052.029.0102.
- ^ Boubli, Jean P.; et al. (March 2019). "On a new species of titi monkey (Primates: Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016), from Alta Floresta, southern Amazon, Brazil". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 132: 117–137. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.012. PMID 30496844. S2CID 54166316.
- ^ Dalponte, Julio César; Silva, Felipe Ennes; Silva Júnior, José de Sousa e. (2014). "New species of titi monkey, genus Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae), from Southern Amazonia, Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 54 (32). doi:10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.32.
- ^ news.nationalgeographic.com 2015-03-15 New Titi Monkey Found: Fire-Tailed, With Sideburns
- ^ Gusmão, Almério Câmara; et al. (2019). "A New Species of Titi Monkey, Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 (Primates, Pitheciidae), from Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil". Primate Conservation (33): 21–35. S2CID 231601895.
- ^ 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". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (23): 261–279. doi:10.1590/s0031-10492012002300001.