Stephen Nash's titi monkey

Stephen Nash's titi monkey (Plecturocebus stephennashi), also known as just Nash's titi or Stephen Nash's monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the eastern bank of the Purus River in Brazil.^[1][2][3] It was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center.^[4] It was described in 2002.^[5] It was named in honor of Stephen D. Nash, an illustrator for Conservation International, the organization that funded van Roosmalen's work.^[5] The monkey is largely silver with a black forehead and red sideburns and chest, as well as on the underside of the species' limbs.^[4][5] It is 28 inches long, although 17 inches is taken up by the titi's tail.^[5]

Stephen Nash's titi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Pitheciidae
Genus:	Plecturocebus
Species:	P. stephennashi
Binomial name
Plecturocebus stephennashi (van Roosmalen, van Roosmalen and Mittermeier, 2002)
Stephen Nash's titi range
Synonyms
Callicebus stephennashi van Roosmalen, van Roosmalen and Mittermeier, 2002