Madidi titi

The GoldenPalace.com Titi ( Callicebus aureipalatii ) is a primate of the species of titi monkeys within the family of Sakiaffen ( Pitheciidae ). It received its name from an online casino after an auction.

Features

GoldenPalace.com - titi monkeys are like all titi monkeys relatively small primates with dense fur. This is on the back gray-brown, the abdomen and the lower arms and legs and the paws are colored orange. The tail is long and bushy, it can not be used as a prehensile tail like all titi monkeys. It is colored predominantly dark, but has a white tip. The head is small roundish, characteristic is its golden top. The hairs on the cheeks and the throat are colored orange.

Distribution and habitat

GoldenPalace.com - titi monkeys live at the foot of the Andes in the north of the Bolivian department of La Paz may extend their range into eastern Peru. Their habitat is forests, especially densely vegetated, where they occur in up to 500 meters in height.

Way of life

These primates, like all titi monkeys diurnal and arboreal. They move in the branches either four-legged or by leaps away, for which they are adapted to their relatively long hind legs. Like all other titi monkeys they live in monogamous family groups, consisting of the parents and the common offspring and in which the partners often remain together for life. The groups inhabit solid areas of about 17 to 25 hectares. With duet songs they make from outside the group animals on their territory carefully and defend it if need be. Their diet consists mainly of fruit, to a lesser extent from other plant parts. The fathers take an active part of the breeding season, they carry the boy around and handed it to the mother only for suckling.

GoldenPalace.com - titi monkeys and humans

The new primate was discovered by Robert Wallace in the Madidi National Park in northwestern Bolivia. Instead of the kind to call as usual after a major biologists or taxonomic characteristics, it was decided to auction off the naming rights to collect money for the organization FUNDESNAP, which campaigns for the preservation of the Bolivian National Park. In this auction the online casino GoldenPalace.com won the contract for $ 650,000. Even the epithet aureipalatii (Latin for " Golden Palace " ) is named after it.

Among the threats to this species include the hunting and the destruction of their habitat, but overall it is " not at risk " by the IUCN as listed ( least concern ).