Vieira's titi
| Vieira's titi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Genus: | Plecturocebus |
| Species: | P. vieirai
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| Binomial name | |
| Plecturocebus vieirai Gualda-Barros, Nascimento & Amaral, 2012
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| Synonyms | |
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Callicebus vieirai | |
Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from central-northern Brazil.[2]
Taxonomy[]
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[]
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[]
- ^ Alonso, A.C.; Boubli, J. (2021). "Plecturocebus vierai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T70330181A192453391. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T70330181A192453391.en. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
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