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Hershkovitz's titi monkey

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Hershkovitz's titi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Plecturocebus
Species:
P. dubius
Binomial name
Plecturocebus dubius
(Hershkovitz, 1988)
Hershkovitz's titi range
Synonyms

Callicebus dubius Hershkovitz, 1988

Hershkovitz's titi monkey (Plecturocebus dubius) is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The common name is in reference to American zoologist Philip Hershkovitz, who described the species as Callicebus dubius in 1988.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Röhe, F.; Boubli, J.P. (2018). "Plecturocebus dubius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T3549A17975232. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3549A17975232.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mittermeier, Russell A. (September 1997). "Philip Hershkovitz - A Remembrance" (PDF). Neotropical Primates. Vol. 5, no. 3. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. p. 68. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  3. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.