Plecturocebus
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyPitheciidae
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- Callicebinae
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- Plecturocebus moloch
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Plecturocebus is one of three genera of titi monkeys.
Historically, titi monkeys were considered monogeneric, being placed in a single genus: Callicebus Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy was proposed in 2016 that recognises three genera within the subfamily Callicebinae; Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the Amazonian and Chaco titis of the moloch and donacophilus groups; Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the species of the torquatus group (Widow titis); and Callicebus Thomas, 1903 sensu stricto, for species of the Atlantic Forest personatus group.
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