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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 .
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.
The Atlantic titi monkey or masked titi (Callicebus personatus) is a species of titi, ... The evolution of these coat colors is termed metachromism.
Barbara Brown's titi monkey (Callicebus barbarabrownae), also popularly known as the blond titi monkey or northern Bahian blond titi, [2] is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. This critically endangered species is endemic to the Caatinga in northeastern Brazil , and it is estimated that less than 250 mature individuals remain. [ 2 ]
The white-eared titi monkey (Plecturocebus donacophilus) also known as the Bolivian titi or Bolivian gray titi, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from eastern Bolivia and an area of western Brazil. The species has a range that extends east from the Manique River in Beni Department, Bolivia to southern Rondônia in Brazil.
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 ...
The titi monkey sub-family Callicebinae is the most species rich of primate taxons, [11] and yet was previously considered as monogeneric under the genus Callicebus. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Given the incredible diversity, three new genera were proposed in 2002: Callicebus (for eastern Brazilian titis ), Cheracebus ( "collared" titis ) and Plecturocebus ...