Biology:Vieira's titi
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Short description: Species of New World monkey
| Vieira's titi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Genus: | Plecturocebus |
| Species: | P. vieirai
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| 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
- ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70330181/215349266. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (23): 261–279. doi:10.1590/s0031-10492012002300001. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v52n23/a01v52n23.pdf. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q50863 entry
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