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CNPRC currently houses about 4,700 monkeys, the majority of which are rhesus macaques, with a small population of South American titi monkeys. The center, located on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) 2.5 miles west of the UC Davis campus, is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The pigments are produced by melanocytes which deposit the pigments into the medulla of growing hair so that the hair grows with the color of that distinct pigment. The characteristic pigment of the Callicebus is eumelanin (dark brown or black) found in the iris, skin, and hair (usually on the forehead, crown and tail).
The titis, or titi monkeys, are New World monkeys of the subfamily Callicebinae, which contains three extant genera: Cheracebus, Callicebus, and Plecturocebus. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This subfamily also contains the extinct genera Miocallicebus , Homunculus , and Carlocebus .
Callicebus is a genus of monkeys known as titi monkeys.. Historically, titis were monogeneric, comprising only the genus Callicebus Thomas, 1903.Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy was recently proposed that recognises three genera within the subfamily Callicebinae; Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the species of the torquatus group (Widow ...
Marc G. M. van Roosmalen, Tomas van Roosmalen und Russell A. Mittermeier: A Taxonomic Review of the Titi Monkeys, Genus „Callicebus“ Thomas 1903, with the Description of two New Species: „Callicebus bernhardi“ and „Callicebus stepehnnashi“, from Brazilian Amazonia. In: Neotropical Primates. 10, ISSN 1413-4705, 2002, S. 1–52, PDF.
Southern and northern night monkeys. Dusky titi and masked titi monkeys. Muriquis. Goeldi's monkeys. White-faced, black-bearded, white-nose bearded and monk sakis. Bald and black uakaris.
The black-fronted titi monkey (Callicebus nigrifrons) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. The black-fronted titi is a small diurnal primate. [ 3 ] The body of this primate is covered in grey to brown fur with black fur concentrated around the face, the tail is slightly orange in color.
Prince Bernhard's titi monkey (Plecturocebus bernhardi), also called the zog-zog monkey, [2] [3] [4] is a species of titi monkey in the genus Plecturocebus, first described in 2002. It is named after Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. They have varying coloration of gray, black, and agouti, with dark orange in certain regions.