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White-tailed titi monkey

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White-tailed titi[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species:
P. discolor
Binomial name
Plecturocebus discolor
(I. Geoffroy and Deville, 1848)
White-tailed titi range
Synonyms
  • leucometopa (Cabrera, 1900)
  • napoleon Lönnberg, 1922
  • paenulatus Elliot, 1909
  • rutteri Thomas, 1923
  • subrufus Elliot, 1907

The white-tailed titi monkey (Plecturocebus discolor) is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2] It was described in 1848 as Callithrix discolor.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Species Callicebus (Callicebus) discolor". In 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. 143. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c Vermeer, J.; Palacios, E.; de la Torre, S.; Shanee, S. (2021). "Plecturocebus discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41553A192452388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41553A192452388.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.