Madidi titi monkey

Madidi titi
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. aureipalatii
Binomial name
Plecturocebus aureipalatii
(Wallace, Gómez, A. M. Felton, & A. Felton, 2006)[2]
Synonyms

Callicebus aureipalatii Wallace, Gómez, A. M. Felton, & A. Felton, 2006[2]

The Madidi titi monkey, also known as the GoldenPalace.com monkey or the golden palace monkey, is a titi, a kind of New World monkey, discovered in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park in 2004.[3] Its scientific name is Plecturocebus aureipalatii,[2] the specific epithet meaning "of the Golden Palace", in reference to GoldenPalace.com, an online casino. The casino paid US$650,000 to have the species named after it, with benefits going toward the nonprofit organization that maintains the park where the titi was discovered.[3][4]

  1. ^ Wallace, R.B.; Vermeer, J.; Mollinedo, J.M.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2021). "Plecturocebus aureipalatii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136815A192452943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136815A192452943.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Byrne, Hazel; Rylands, Anthony B.; Carneiro, Jeferson C.; Alfaro, Jessica W. Lynch; Bertuol, Fabricio; da Silva, Maria N. F.; Messias, Mariluce; Groves, Colin P.; Mittermeier, Russell A. (1 March 2016). "Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence". Frontiers in Zoology. 13: 10. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4. ISSN 1742-9994. PMC 4774130. PMID 26937245.
  3. ^ a b "Madidi Titi Monkey". Wildlife Conservation Society. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference msnbc2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).