Black-fronted titi monkey

Black-fronted titi[1]
Black-fronted titi in Prados, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Callicebus
Species:
C. nigrifrons
Binomial name
Callicebus nigrifrons
(Spix, 1823)
Black-fronted titi range

The black-fronted titi monkey (Callicebus nigrifrons) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey.

The black-fronted titi is a small diurnal primate.[3] The body of this primate is covered in grey to brown fur with black fur concentrated around the face, the tail is slightly orange in color.[4][5] Body weight ranges from 1–2 kilograms (2.2–4.4 lb) and the head-body length is around 270–450 millimeters (11–18 in).[4] This species does not exhibit sexual dimorphism.[5] Members of this species can live up to 12 years of age in captivity.[6]

  1. ^ 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. 144. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Jerusalinsky, L.; de Melo, F.R.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Quadros, S.; Rylands, A.B. (2020). "Callicebus nigrifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39943A17973667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T39943A17973667.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Caselli, Christini B.; Gestich, Carla C.; Nagy-Reis, Mariana B. (1 August 2017). "Sleeping above the enemy: Sleeping site choice by black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons )". American Journal of Primatology. 79 (10): e22688. doi:10.1002/ajp.22688. ISSN 0275-2565. PMID 28763579. S2CID 3863454.
  4. ^ a b dos Santos, Glênio Pereira; Galvão, Cristiane; Young, Robert J. (5 February 2012). "The diet of wild black-fronted titi monkeys Callicebus nigrifrons during a bamboo masting year". Primates. 53 (3): 265–272. doi:10.1007/s10329-012-0295-5. ISSN 0032-8332. PMID 22311072. S2CID 16700262.
  5. ^ a b Cäsar, Cristiane (2012). Anti-predator behaviour of black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons). University of St Andrews. OCLC 806194348.
  6. ^ Berthet, Mélissa; Mesbahi, Geoffrey; Duvot, Guilhem; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Cäsar, Cristiane; Bicca‐Marques, Júlio Cèsar (5 October 2021). "Dramatic decline in a titi monkey population after the 2016–2018 sylvatic yellow fever outbreak in Brazil". American Journal of Primatology. 83 (12): e23335. doi:10.1002/ajp.23335. hdl:10023/26129. ISSN 0275-2565. PMID 34609763. S2CID 238356438.