White-tailed titi

White-tailed Titi

The White-tailed Titi ( Callicebus discolor) is a primate of the species of titi monkeys within the family of Sakiaffen ( Pitheciidae ). It is closely related to the Red titi monkeys and was once considered the subspecies.

Features

White-tailed titi monkeys are like all titi monkeys relatively small primates with dense, long-haired and slightly elongated hind legs. Their fur is gray brown on the back and on the upper arms and legs, greatly contrasting from this are the abdomen, forearms and legs and paws are reddish brown. The tail is long and bushy, it is gray -brown in the front part, the back third is white. It can not be used as a prehensile tail like all titi monkeys. The head is small and round, at the end there is a white and about a black horizontal stripes. The hairs on the cheeks and the throat are reddish.

Distribution and habitat

White-tailed titi monkeys live in northern Peru, eastern Ecuador, and in a small area in the far south of Colombia. Its distribution area is bounded on the south by the Marañón and Ucayali River in the east by. Their habitat is forests, they are common in riverine forest.

Way of life

Little is known about the lifestyle, they probably resembles that of the Red titi monkeys match. They are diurnal and keep mainly to the trees. There, they move away on all fours, and sometimes jumping. They live in family groups in which the partners often spend their entire lives together. These groups inhabit solid grounds on which they indicate other animals by morning duet songs. Their diet consists mainly of fruits and to a lesser extent from leaves and other plant parts such as seeds and flowers. The father is actively involved in the rearing of the young, he wears the cub around and it brings the only mother to suckle.

Endangering

Although they are in some places threatened by the destruction of their habitat, but overall count White-tailed Titi Monkey IUCN not an endangered species.