Rio Purus titi

The Rio Purus titi ( Callicebus purinus ) is a primate of the species of titi monkeys within the family of Sakiaffen ( Pitheciidae ). He was regarded until recently as a subspecies of Collared Titi Monkey.

Features

Rio Purus titi monkeys are like all titi monkeys relatively small primate with thick long coat and a bushy tail, which is longer than the body and can not be used as a prehensile tail. The coat is predominantly colored in a dark reddish brown, the tail and feet are black and the white slopes. The head is small and round, he is at the top of bright red. The face is surrounded by a thin black hair wreath. Along the throat extends a white or yellow, collar style drawing up to the ears.

Distribution and habitat

Rio Purus titi monkeys are found in Brazil only in the western Amazon basin. Its distribution area is bordered by the Rio Juruá and to the east of the Rio Purus in the north of the Rio Solimões, in the west. On the west bank of the Rio Purus, the type specimen was found, hence the name. Habitat of this type rainforests.

Way of life

The lifestyle of the Rio Purus titi monkeys is hardly known, it should match the rest of the titi monkeys. Titi monkeys are diurnal and arboreal, moving either on all fours or with jumps through the branches. They live in family groups made ​​up of a monogamous pair - in which partners often life- long stay together - and put together the common offspring. They are territorial, with common duet songs, the pairs other animals on their own territory back.

Their diet consists primarily of fruits. To a lesser extent they also take other parts of plants and insects to him. As with all titi monkeys, the father should closely involved in the rearing of the young, he is the main carrier and passes the child of the mother only for suckling.