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Vieira's titi monkey

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Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) 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 (Gualda-Barros, do Nascimento, & Kerr do Amaral, 2012) and lists its country distribution as Brazil. It lives in central-northern Brazil and is one of the recently described titis, named in 2012 from the Rio Renato, a tributary of the Rio Teles Pires, in Mato Grosso. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific Name
Plecturocebus vieirai 2
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 1
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
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Pitheciidae, Taxa
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Source Taxon page for Plecturocebus vieirai, Vieira's titi monkey (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
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Country distribution Brazil
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1. Taxon page for Plecturocebus vieirai, Vieira's titi monkey (Mammal Diversity Database)
  • IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Critically Endangered
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Country distribution
    Country distribution Brazil
  • Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
    Family: Pitheciidae
  • In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
    Order: Primates
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2. Vieira's titi monkey (Wikipedia)
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(Plecturocebus vieirai)
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