Plecturocebus parecis

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Plecturocebus parecis
Systematics
Partial order : Monkey (anthropoidea)
without rank: New World Monkey (Platyrrhini)
Family : Sakia monkeys (Pitheciidae)
Subfamily : Spring monkey (Callicebinae)
Genre : Plecturocebus
Type : Plecturocebus parecis
Scientific name
Plecturocebus parecis
Gusmão et al., 2019

Plecturocebus parecis is a species of primate from the subfamily of the jumper monkeys within the family of the sakia monkeys (Pitheciidae). The first description of thespecies occurringin the transition zone between the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savannah in southern Rondônia and western Mato Grosso was only published in December 2019. It was named after the Chapada dos Parecis, a plateau of which part is in the distribution area of Plecturocebus parecis . Plecturocebus parecis lives in terra firme forests and gallery forests . The monkey species has so far been proven from the lower reaches of the Rio Aripuanã and the headwaters of the Rio Jiparaná . There is a single proof from the Juruena National Park .

features

Plecturocebus parecis differs from other jumping monkeys mainly in its coloration. The basic color of the monkeys is aguti-colored (ie the hair is banded) dark gray, the back is chestnut brown. Whiskers, forearms, hands and the insides of arms and legs are gray-whitish. The tip of the tail is white.

The sister species of Plecturocebus parecis is the dark gray spring monkey ( Plecturocebus cinerascens ), whose distribution area is south of the distribution area of P. parecis . This species differs from Plecturocebus parecis by its almost completely dark gray color. On the back, the dark gray color turns a little brown.

Danger

The distribution area of Plecturocebus parecis is in the “Arc of Deforestation”, the arc of deforestation, that is, in the section of the Amazon basin that is most affected by deforestation. Based on the criteria of the IUCN , the species must be regarded as potentially endangered (Near Threatened). It occurs in the Juruena National Park and may also enjoy some protection in some state forests and reservations for indigenous peoples ( Terras indígenas ). However, limited use of natural resources is permitted there.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Almério Câmara Gusmão, Mariluce Rezende Messias, Jeferson Costa Carneiro, Horacio Schneider, Thiago Bento de Alencar, Armando Muniz Calouro, Júlio Cesar Dalponte, Fabio de Souza Mattos, Stephen F. Ferrari, Gerson Buss, Renata Bocorny de Azevedo , Eduardo Marques Santos Júnior, Stephen D. Nash, Anthony B. Rylands and Adrian A. Barnett: A New Species of Titi Monkey, Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 (Primates, Pitheciidae), from Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. Primate Conservation 33, 2019, pp. 1-15

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