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Red titi monkeys ( Callicebus cupreus )

The Red titi ( Callicebus cupreus ) is a primate of the species of titi monkeys within the family of Sakiaffen ( Pitheciidae ).

Features

Red titi monkeys are like all titi monkeys relatively small primates with dense fur. The body length is about 30 to 35 centimeters, the tail is slightly longer than the body. It is bushy and can not be used as a prehensile tail. The weight is about 1.0 to 1.2 kilograms. The coat of the Red titi monkeys is colored gray-brown on the back, in the upper part of the limbs and the tail, the belly and the lower arms and legs are red. The head is small and round, it is gray -brown on the upper side, the jaws and chin hair turn reddish. In contrast to closely related species, these animals do not have a white forehead stripe.

Distribution and habitat

Red titi monkeys are among the most widely used titi monkeys, their range includes the western Brazil and eastern Peru. In the north there is the Marañón, bounded on the west by the Río Ucayali and in the southeast of the Rio Purus. Their habitat is forests, making them in different forest types, including secondary forests.

Lifestyle and diet

Red titi monkeys are like all titi monkeys diurnal and arboreal, they rarely come to the ground. They often hold up in the shrub layer and at low altitudes. They often move away quadrupedal, but can also jump well. They live in permanent monogamous family groups, the partners often remain for a lifetime together. There are territorial animals, the areas overlap hardly. With morning duet songs of both partners foreign animals are drawn to the own territory, the necessary, but it can also lead to aggressive fights.

The food of these primates consists mainly of fruits. In addition, they also take leaves, shoots and occasionally insects to him.

Reproduction

Between November and March, the female gives birth after an approximately 130 - day gestation, a single young is born, twins are rare. The fathers take over after a few days the brunt of the breeding season, they carry it around and bring it to the females only for suckling. After about four months, they are weaned and with about two to three years, they leave their family group. Life expectancy may be about 25 years old.

Endangering

Red titi monkeys are widely used in a very sparsely populated area, they are not on the IUCN endangered species.

System

The Red Titi is one of about 30 species in the genus of titi monkeys ( Callicebus ). He is named after the cupreus types of group living mainly in the western Amazon basin. This group includes besides himself the brown abdominal titi monkeys, the white forehead titi monkeys, the white-tailed titi monkeys, the Hershkovitz - titi monkeys, the Stephen Nash titi monkeys and the GoldenPalace.com - titi monkeys. The system is not entirely clear, many of these species are often performed only as a subspecies of the Red titi monkeys.