Vieira's titi monkey

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Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from central-northern Brazil.[2]

Vieira's titi
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

Taxonomy

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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

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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.[2]

References

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  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. ^ a b 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.