Red-bellied titi monkey

Red-bellied titi monkey (Plecturocebus moloch) is a titi monkey in the genus Plecturocebus, family Pitheciidae, the New World monkeys that also include the other titis, the sakis and the uakaris. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species name to (von Hoffmannsegg, 1807) and lists its country distribution as Brazil. Also called the dusky titi, it is endemic to Brazil and lives in forests and thickets. It has a rounded head and a thick, soft coat, with a body 28 to 39 centimetres long and a tail 33 to 49 centimetres long. It is diurnal and moves in pairs or family groups that communicate with a wide repertoire of sounds, feeding on fruit, insects, spiders, small birds and bird's eggs, and the female gives birth to a single offspring. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.