Plecturocebus pallescens

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Pale Titi

Formerly Callicebus pallescens.  Also as Chacoan Titi Monkey|Paraguayan Gray Titi|White-coated Titi.
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Location: Paraguay, Alto Paraguay department, Tres Gigantes LodgeDate taken: May 12, 2019

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6449

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Pitheciidae
Subfamily : Callicebinae
Genus : Plecturocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-08-01. On neotropical mammals of the genera Callicebus, Reithrodontomys, Ctenomys, Dasypus, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(116):161-168.

Original name as described

Callicebus pallescens

Other common names

Chacoan Titi Monkey · Paraguayan Gray Titi · White-coated Titi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

30 miles north of Concepción, department of Concepción, Paraguayan Chaco.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

moved from Callicebus to the recently described Plecturocebus, although this arrangement is considered tentative, as some recent publications prefer to recognize Cheracebus and Plecturocebus as subgenera of Callicebus

Taxonomy notes citation

Byrne, H., Rylands, A.B., Carneiro, J.C., Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Bertuol, F., Silva, M.N.F. da, Messias, M., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A., Farias, I.P., Hrbek, T., Schneider, H., Sampaio, I. and Boubli, J.P. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Frontiers in Zoology 13(1):10. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4 · Gutiérrez, E.E. and Marinho-Filho, J. 2017. The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys 644:105-157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.644.10827 · Teta, P. 2019. The usage of subgenera in mammalian taxonomy. Mammalia 83(3):209-211. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2018-0059

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

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