Alta Floresta titi monkey

Alta Floresta titi monkey
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Pitheciidae
Genus:	Plecturocebus
Species:	P. grovesi
Binomial name
Plecturocebus grovesi Boubli et al., 2019
Range map

The Alta Floresta titi monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi), also known as the Groves' titi monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It was described from the municipality of Alta Floresta in the state of Mato Grosso.^[2]

It is a member of the Eastern Amazonian clade of the red-bellied titi monkey (P. moloch) group, and is the sister taxon to the clade containing the red-bellied titi and Vieira's titi monkey (P. vieirai). It can be distinguished from other species in the P. moloch group by the combination of its agouti dorsal parts, the bright red-brown venter, the entirely black tail with a white tip, and the light yellow fur on the cheeks.^[2]

This species is projected to lose up to 86% of its forest habitat under a typical deforestation rate, and is thus classified as Critically Endangered under the IUCN Red List.^[2]

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