Biology:Toppin's titi
| Toppin's titi | |
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| In Tambopata National Reserve | |
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. toppini
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| Binomial name | |
| Plecturocebus toppini (Thomas, 1914)
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Toppin's titi (Plecturocebus toppini) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from Brazil , Peru, and Bolivia.[2]
Taxonomy
It was described in 1914 by Oldfield Thomas but was afterwards considered conspecific with the coppery titi (P. cupreus). However, a 2015 paper revived it as a distinct species, finding it to be phenotypically distinguishable from P. cupreus.[2][3][4][5] The results of this study were followed by the IUCN Red List, ITIS, and American Society of Mammalogists.[2][6][7][8] In addition, the same paper raised doubt over the distinctiveness of the Madidi titi (P. aureipalatii) due to one of the captured P. toppini specimens closely resembling P. aureipalatii, indicating that P. aureipalatii could be just a color variant of P. toppini.[6] In addition, there may be specimens of P. toppini misidentified as specimens of P. cupreus or the brown titi (P. brunneus), thus requiring further examination.[6][7]
It was named after one Captain Toppin, who collected the type specimen of this species near the Tahuamanu River in Peru.[9]
Distribution
This species has a wide range in Bolivia, Brazil , and Peru, being found east of the Urubamba River and likely west of the Ituxi River & north of the Tambopata and Madre De Dios rivers. However, the exact distribution limits remain uncertain.[6][7]
Description
This is a reddish-colored species that has a less fluffy and less whitish tail compared to P. cupreus.[6]
References
- ↑ Vermeer, J. (2020). "Plecturocebus toppini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T127530624A127530628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T127530624A127530628.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/127530624/127530628. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Explore the Database". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1000889.
- ↑ Barnett, Adrian (7 August 2015). "New species of titi monkey discovered in remote Peruvian forest" (in en-US). https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28017-new-species-of-titi-monkey-discovered-in-remote-peruvian-forest/.
- ↑ Hood, Marlowe. "It's a titi! New monkey species found in Peru" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2015-08-titi-monkey-species-peru.html.
- ↑ "Scientists discover new primate in the embattled heart of the Amazon" (in en-US). 2015-08-17. https://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/scientists-discover-new-primate-in-the-embattled-heart-of-the-amazon/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Vermeer, Jan; Tello-Alvarado, Julio C. (2015-12-15). "The Distribution and Taxonomy of Titi Monkeys (Callicebus) in Central and Southern Peru, with the Description of a New Species". Primate Conservation 2015 (29): 9–29. doi:10.1896/052.029.0102. ISSN 0898-6207. https://bioone.org/journals/primate-conservation/volume-2015/issue-29/052.029.0102/The-Distribution-and-Taxonomy-of-Titi-Monkeys-Callicebus-in-Central/10.1896/052.029.0102.full.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Vermeer, Jan (2015-01-26). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Plecturocebus toppini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Plecturocebus". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1025091#null.
- ↑ "toppini – Callicebus Database" (in en-US). http://callicebus.nl/?page_id=104.
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