Colombian black-handed titi

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Colombian black-handed titi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Cheracebus
Species:
C. medemi
Binomial name
Cheracebus medemi
(Hershkovitz, 1963)
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Colombian black-handed titi range
Synonyms

Callicebus medemi Hershkovitz, 1963

The Colombian black-handed titi (Cheracebus medemi) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Colombia. It was originally described in the genus Callicebus in 1963.[2]

The pelage of this species is predominantly black variable looking like lugens or like lucifer but with the white chest and the hands blackish instead of whitish.

References[]

  1. ^ Palacios, E. (2020). "Cheracebus medemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39944A17973462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T39944A17973462.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. 144. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.


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