Brown titi

The brown titi (Plecturocebus brunneus) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is endemic to Brazil.[3] It was originally described as Callicebus brunneus in 1842 and transferred to the newly erected genus Plecturocebus in 2016.[2]

Brown titi
At the National Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species:
P. brunneus
Binomial name
Plecturocebus brunneus
(Wagner, 1842)
Geographic range (includes P. urubambensis)
Synonyms[2]

Callicebus brunneus Wagner, 1842

Taxonomy

The Urubamba brown titi (P. urubambensis) of Peru was formerly thought to be a Peruvian population of P. brunneus, but a 2015 study found it to be a distinct, undescribed species more closely related to the white-eared titi (P. donacophilus), and described it as such. Due to this, P. brunneus is now thought to be endemic to Brazil.[4]

Conservation status

As of its last assessment in 2020, the brown titi was rated as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Current population trends for the species were reported as unknown.[1]

It is not typically hunted in Brazil. The main threat in the Brazilian state of Rondônia is human development.[1]

References
  1. Vermeer, J., de Azevedo , R. & Boubli, J. (2020). "Callicebus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T41558A17974148.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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.
  3. 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. 142. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  4. 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.
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