Callicebus baptista, Lonnberg, 1939

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Lake Baptista Titi

Callicebus baptista

French: Titi du Baptista / German: Baptistasee-Springaffe / Spanish: Titi del Baptista

Other common names: Baptista Lake Titi, Baptista Lake Titi Monkey, Lago do Baptista Titi

Taxonomy. Callicebus baptista Lonnberg, 1939 ,

type locality unknown. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1963 to the Lago do Baptista , in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

C. baptista is a member of the C. moloch species group. It was considered to be a subspecies of C. hoffmannsi by P. Hershkovitz in 1990. In 2001, C. P. Groveslisted it as a full species. Monotypic.

Distribution. Brazilian Amazon, S of the right (S) bank of the Solimoes-Madeira river system and N of the Canuma, Uraria, and Ramos channels (“paranas”), which form the N limit of the distribution of Hoffmanns’s Titi (C. hoffmannsi ).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 30-41 cm (males) and 33-39 cm (females), tail 43— 49 cm (males) and 42-50 cm (females); weight 930-1400 g. The Lake Baptista Titi is a relatively large, short-tailed species. It is very dark brown, with a maroon-red underside that extends to inner surfaces of limbs, hands, and feet. Tail is black, sometimes with a white tip. Limbs are like the body or a bit grayer, darkening toward hands and feet. Crown is grayish.

Habitat. Primary and secondary forest.

Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.

Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but all titis form monogamous breeding pairs. The male provides parental care by carrying the single offspring.

Activity patterns. There is no information for this species.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information for this species.

Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List. The Lake Baptista Titi occurs in a relatively small area, which is nevertheless buffered from most anthropogenic impacts at the present time. A small part ofits distribution is in the Andira-Marau Indigenous Reservation.

Bibliography. Groves (2001), Hershkovitz (1963, 1988, 1990), Norconk (2011), Veiga (2008g).

Figures

On following pages: 4. Olallas’ Titi (Callicebus olallae); 5. San Martin Titi (Callicebus oenanthe); 6. Coppery Titi (Callicebus cupreus); 7. Red-crowned Titi (Callicebus discolon; 8. Ornate Titi (Callicebus ornatus); 9. Chestnut-bellied Titi (Callicebus caligatus); 10. Doubtful Titi (Callicebus dubius); 11. Stephen Nash's Titi (Callicebus stephennashi); 12. Caqueta Titi (Callicebus caquetensis);, 13. Ashy Titi (Callicebus cinerascens); 14. Hoffmanns's Titi (Callicebus hoffmannsi); 15. Lake Baptista Titi (Callicebus baptista); 16. Red-bellied Titi (Callicebus moloch).

Distribution. Brazilian Amazon, S of the right (S) bank of the Solimoes-Madeira river system and N of the Canuma, Uraria, and Ramos channels (“paranas”), which form the N limit of the distribution of Hoffmanns’s Titi (C. hoffmannsi ).