White-tailed titi

The white-tailed titi, Plecturocebus discolor, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1] It was described in 1848 as Callicebus discolor.[2]

White-tailed titi
Scientific classification
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

Callicebus discolor I. Geoffroy and Deville, 1848

References

  1. Veiga, L. M. (2008). "Plecturocebus discolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T41553A10498673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41553A10498673.en.
  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. 143. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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