Callicebus_stephennashi

Stephen Nash's titi monkey

Stephen Nash's titi monkey

Species of New World monkey

Stephen Nash's titi monkey (Plecturocebus stephennashi), also known as just Nash's titi or Stephen Nash's monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the eastern bank of the Purus River in Brazil.[1][2][3] It was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center.[4] It was described in 2002.[5] It was named in honor of Stephen D. Nash, an illustrator for Conservation International, the organization that funded van Roosmalen's work.[5] The monkey is largely silver with a black forehead and red sideburns and chest, as well as on the underside of the species' limbs.[4][5] It is 28 inches long, although 17 inches is taken up by the titi's tail.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Boubli, J.P.; Martins, A.B. (2021). "Plecturocebus stephennashi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41555A192452547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41555A192452547.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  3. [3]
    Byrne, Hazel; Rylands, Anthony B.; Carneiro, Jeferson C.; Alfaro, Jessica W. Lynch; Bertuol, Fabricio; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Messias, Mariluce; Groves, Colin P.; Mittermeier, Russell A. (1 January 2016). "Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence". Frontiers in Zoology. 13: 10. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4. ISSN 1742-9994. PMC 4774130. PMID 26937245.
  4. [4]
    Lazaroff, Cat (24 June 2002). "Two New Monkeys Found in Amazon Rainforest".
  5. [5]
    Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-06-055804-8.
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