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Stephen Nash’s Titi Monkey

Plecturocebus stephennashi

Classification

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. It was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center. It was described in 2002.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil