Titi Monkey

About the Titi Monkey

The ashy black titi monkey (Plecturocebus cinerascens) is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It was originally described as Callicebus cinerascens in 1823 and was changed to genus Plecturocebus in 2016.

The ashy black titi is a New World monkey in the family Pitheciidae. It was previously classified within the genus Callicebus, which historically included all titi monkeys. However, molecular phylogenetic studies have led to taxonomic revisions that split the group into multiple genera, including Plecturocebus, Callicebus, and Cheracebus. Furthermore, within the genus Plecturocebus, there are two species-groups, moloch and donacophilus; the ashy black titi is classified under the moloch group. This reclassification reflects evolutionary relationships based on genetic data rather than just focusing on morphology.

Within the moloch species-groups of Plecturocebus, species generally have a grayish or brownish dorsum with a white, orange, or red belly. However, P. cinerascens has a grey agouti coloration for all parts of the body except for a reddish brown agouti with grey agouti coloration on the dorsum. The is a north... Wikipedia →