Milton's titi

Milton’s titi monkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Callicebus
Species: C. miltoni
Binomial name
Callicebus miltoni
Dalponte, Silva, Silva Júnior, 2014[1]

Milton's titi monkey (Callicebus miltoni), named after the Brazilian primatologist Milton Thiago de Mello, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from southern Amazon rainforest, Brazil. It was discovered in 2011 by Julio César Dalponte, and recognized as a new species in 2014 (from the genus Callicebus thomas).[2]

Milton's titi differs from other titis by the following features:[1]

  • a light gray line of forehead,
  • dark ocher sideburns and throat,
  • dark grey torso and flanks,
  • an orange tail.

References

  1. 1 2 Dalponte, Julio César; Silva, Felipe Ennes; Silva Júnior, José de Sousa e (2014). "New species of titi monkey, genus Callicebus Thomas, 1903 (Primates, Pitheciidae), from Southern Amazonia, Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 54. doi:10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.32. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Rakowski, Sarah (4 March 2015). "New monkey species discovered in the Amazon Rainforest". Fauna & Flora International. Retrieved 5 March 2015.


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