Colombian black-handed titi monkey

Species of New World monkey

Colombian black-handed titi
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Cheracebus
Species:
C. medemi
Binomial name
Cheracebus medemi
(Hershkovitz, 1963)
Colombian black-handed titi range
Synonyms

Callicebus medemi Hershkovitz, 1963

The Colombian black-handed titi monkey (Cheracebus medemi) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Colombia. It was originally described in the genus Callicebus in 1963.[2]

Description

Colombian black-handed titis are relatively small primates with a fluffy coat and a long, bushy tail. This is longer than the body and cannot be used as a prehensile tail. The fur is predominantly black, and in contrast to closely related species, so are the hands. The head is small and roundish, along the throat a white or yellow, collar-like marking extends to the ears.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Colombian black-handed titis are restricted to southern Colombia. Their range is located in the departments of Caquetá and Putumayo. The habitat of this species is tropical rainforests.

Behavioral ecology and nutrition

Their behaviour has not been studied much. They live in family groups in which they stay together as a monogamous pair - usually for life - together with their common offspring. They are territorial, and express this by jointly emitting sounds when pairs from other groups enter their own territory. Their diet consists mainly of fruit. To a lesser extent they also eat other parts of plants and insects.

References

  1. ^ Palacios, E. (2020). "Cheracebus medemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39944A17973462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T39944A17973462.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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.
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Extant species of family Pitheciidae
Pitheciinae
Pithecia
(Saki monkeys)
  • Equatorial saki (P. aequatorialis)
  • White-footed saki (P. albicans)
  • Cazuza's saki (P. cazuzai)
  • Golden-faced saki (P.chrysocephala)
  • Hairy saki (P. hirsuta)
  • Burnished saki (P. inusta)
  • Rio Tapajós saki (P. irrorata)
  • Isabel's saki (P. isabela)
  • Monk saki (P. monachus)
  • Miller's saki (P. milleri)
  • Napo saki (P. napensis)
  • White-faced saki (P. pithecia)
  • Vanzolini's bald-faced saki (P. vanzolinii)
Chiropotes
(Bearded sakis)
  • Black bearded saki (C. satanas)
  • Red-backed bearded saki (C. chiropotes)
  • Brown-backed bearded saki (C. israelita)
  • Uta Hick's bearded saki (C. utahickae)
  • White-nosed saki (C. albinasus)
  • Reddish-brown bearded saki (C. sagulatus)
Cacajao
(Uakaris)
  • Bald uakari (C. calvus)
  • Black-headed uakari (C. melanocephalus)
  • Aracá uakari (C. ayresii)
  • Neblina uakari (C. hosomi)
Callicebinae
Plecturocebus
(Titis)
  • White-eared titi (P. donacophilus)
  • Rio Beni titi (P. modestus)
  • Rio Mayo titi (P. oenanthe)
  • Olalla brothers' titi (P. olallae)
  • White-coated titi (P. pallescens)
  • Urubamba brown titi (P. urubambensis)
  • Baptista Lake titi (P. baptista)
  • Prince Bernhard's titi (P. bernhardi)
  • Brown titi (P. brunneus)
  • Parecis titi (P. parecis)
  • Ashy black titi (P. cinerascens)
  • Hoffmanns's titi (P. hoffmannsi)
  • Red-bellied titi (P. moloch)
  • Vieira's titi (P. vieirai)
  • Milton's titi (P. miltoni)
  • Alta Floresta titi (P. grovesi)
  • Chestnut-bellied titi (P. caligatus)
  • Coppery titi (P. cupreus)
  • Toppin's titi (P. toppini)
  • Madidi titi (P. aureipalatii)
  • Caquetá titi (P. caquetensis)
  • White-tailed titi (P. discolor)
  • Hershkovitz's titi (P. dubius)
  • Ornate titi (P. ornatus)
  • Stephen Nash's titi (P. stephennashi)
Callicebus
(Titis)
  • Barbara Brown's titi (C. barbarabrownae)
  • Coimbra Filho's titi (C. coimbrai)
  • Coastal black-handed titi (C. melanochir)
  • Black-fronted titi (C. nigrifrons)
  • Atlantic titi (C. personatus)
Cheracebus
(Titis)
  • Lucifer titi (C. lucifer)
  • Black titi (C. lugens)
  • Colombian black-handed titi (C. medemi)
  • Red-headed titi (C. regulus)
  • Collared titi (C. torquatus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Callicebus medemi
Cheracebus medemi


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