Madidi titi monkey

The Madidi titi monkey (Plecturocebus aureipalatii), also called the GoldenPalace.com monkey, is a titi, a kind of New World monkey, found in the lowland forest at the foot of the Andes in northwestern Bolivia, where it was discovered in Madidi National Park. The biologists Robert Wallace and Humberto Gómez first spotted it in 2000, and it was recognized as a new species in 2006, the first primate species discovered in Bolivia in the previous 60 years. Its naming rights were auctioned to raise funds for the foundation that maintains the park, and the online casino GoldenPalace.com paid US$650,000 for a name that means of the Golden Palace. The monkey has orange-brown fur, a golden crown, a white-tipped tail and dark red hands and feet. Like other titis it is monogamous, a pair defends a territory by calling, and the male usually carries the infants. Its range may extend into southern Peru.