Barbara Brown's titi[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Pitheciidae |
Genus: | Callicebus |
Species: | C. barbarabrownae
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Binomial name | |
Callicebus barbarabrownae (Hershkovitz, 1990)
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Geographic range |
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] It is named after the zoologist Barbara Elaine Russell Brown.[3]