Plecturocebus

Plecturocebus is one of three genera of titi monkeys.

Plecturocebus
Brown titi (Plecturocebus brunneus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Pitheciidae
Subfamily:	Callicebinae
Genus:	Plecturocebus Byrne, Rylands, Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro, Bertuol, da Silva, Messias, Groves, Mittermeier, Farias, Hrbek, Schneider, Sampaio & Boubli, 2016
Type species
Cebus moloch[1] Hoffmannsegg, 1807
Species
See text.

Historically, these monkeys were monogeneric, being placed in a single genus: Callicebus Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy was proposed in 2016 that recognises three genera within the subfamily Callicebinae; Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the Amazonian and Chaco titis of the moloch and donacophilus groups; Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the species of the torquatus group (Widow titis); and Callicebus Thomas, 1903 sensu stricto, for species of the Atlantic Forest personatus group.^[1]

Plecturocebus is derived from the Latin forms of three Greek words: plektos, meaning twist or plait, oura, meaning tail, and kebos, meaning long-tailed monkey. All together, this refers to the behavior of many titi monkeys to intertwine their tails when they sit next to each other.^[1]

Species

There are 25 species in this genus:

• P. donacophilus group
  • White-eared titi monkey, Plecturocebus donacophilus
  • Rio Beni titi monkey, Plecturocebus modestus
  • Rio Mayo titi monkey, Plecturocebus oenanthe
  • Olalla brothers' titi monkey, Plecturocebus olallae
  • White-coated titi monkey, Plecturocebus pallescens
  • Urubamba brown titi monkey, Plecturocebus urubambensis^[2]
• P. moloch group
  • Madidi titi monkey, Plecturocebus aureipalatii
  • Baptista Lake titi monkey, Plecturocebus baptista
  • Prince Bernhard's titi monkey, Plecturocebus bernhardi
  • Brown titi monkey, Plecturocebus brunneus
  • Chestnut-bellied titi monkey, Plecturocebus caligatus
  • Caquetá titi monkey, Plecturocebus caquetensis
  • Ashy black titi monkey, Plecturocebus cinerascens
  • Coppery titi monkey, Plecturocebus cupreus
  • White-tailed titi monkey, Plecturocebus discolor
  • Hershkovitz's titi monkey, Plecturocebus dubius
  • Alta Floresta titi monkey, Plecturocebus grovesi^[3]
  • Hoffmanns's titi monkey, Plecturocebus hoffmannsi
  • Milton's titi monkey, Plecturocebus miltoni^[4][5]
  • Red-bellied titi monkey, Plecturocebus moloch
  • Ornate titi monkey, Plecturocebus ornatus
  • Parecis titi monkey, Plecturocebus parecis^[6]
  • Stephen Nash's titi monkey, Plecturocebus stephennashi
  • Toppin's titi monkey, Plecturocebus toppini^[2]
  • Vieira's titi monkey, Plecturocebus vieirai^[7]

Plecturocebus donacophilus group species

Plecturocebus moloch group species