Plecturocebus toppini
(O. Thomas, 1914)
Toppin's Titi
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Platyrrhini |
| Family | : Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily | : Callicebinae |
| Genus | : Plecturocebus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1914-05-01. New Callicebus and Eumops from S. America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13(77):480-481.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818725Original name as described
Callicebus toppini
Other common names
Toppin's Titi Monkey · Madidi Titi · Golden Palace Titi Monkey · Madidi Titi Monkey
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1914.3.3.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85802f02-03ec-4ee0-8179-918b0fc0e636 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85c907b6-1ad6-478b-a90e-9e21d2812a83Type locality
Río Tahuamanu (c.12° 20' S, 68° 45' W), near Bolivian border, NE Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil · Peru · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
split from P. cupreus and includes the recently described aureipalatii; moved from Callicebus to the recently described Plecturocebus, although this arrangement is considered tentative, as some recent publications prefer to recognize Cheracebus and Plecturocebus as subgenera of Callicebus
Taxonomy notes citation
Wallace, R.B., Gómez, H., Felton, A. and Felton, A.M. 2006. On a new species of titi monkey, genus Callicebus Thomas (Primates, Pitheciidae), from western Bolivia with preliminary notes on distribution and abundance. Primate Conservation 20:29-39. doi:10.1896/0898-6207.20.1.29 · Vermeer, J. and 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(1):9-29. doi:10.1896/052.029.0102 · Byrne, H., Rylands, A.B., Carneiro, J.C., Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Bertuol, F., Silva, M.N.F. da, Messias, M., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A., Farias, I.P., Hrbek, T., Schneider, H., Sampaio, I. and Boubli, J.P. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Frontiers in Zoology 13(1):10. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4 · Gutiérrez, E.E. and Marinho-Filho, J. 2017. The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys 644:105-157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.644.10827 · Teta, P. 2019. The usage of subgenera in mammalian taxonomy. Mammalia 83(3):209-211. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2018-0059 · Vermeer, J., Tello-Alvarado, J.C., Luna-Amancio, J. and Rylands, A.B. 2025. An update on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of the northwestern titi monkeys, genus Plecturocebus (Callicebinae). Primate Conservation (in press). a#71053
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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