Know Your Primate: Callicebus caquetensis

A new species of Titi monkey has been discovered in Columbia: Picture Source: here

Know Your Primate: Callicebus moloch

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Callicebinae Genus: Callicebus Species: Callicebus moloch Common: Dusky Titi The Dusky titi lives in central Brazil, primarily in low rainforest canopy.

Know Your Primate: Antillothrix bernensis

Order: Primates Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Callicebinae Tribe: Xenotrichini Genus: Antillothrix Species: Antillothrix bernensis Antillothrix bernensis is known only from skeletal remains found at a few sites in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Radiocarbon dates range from 3,850-9,850 years before present.

Know Your Primate: Paralouatta varonai

Order: Primates Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Callicebinae Tribe: Xenotrichini Genus: Paralouatta Species: Paralouatta varonai Paralouatta varonai is another subfossil species, this time found in Cuba. Specimens include a nearly complete skull, a portion of a mandible, and various post-cranial material.

Know Your Primate: Xenothrix mcgregori

Order: Primates Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Callicebinae Tribe: Xenotrichini Genus: Xenothrix Species: Xenothrix mcgregori Xenothrix mcgregori is a subfossil species discovered in Jamaica in 1919, although the species description was not completed until 1952. The find, apparently, consisted of a small mandible, femur, pelvis and tibia.

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