Monday, March 10, 2014

Endangered Monkey


Masked titi, head detail


Masked titi



The masked titi, Callicebus personatus, is a particularly striking New World monkey, with distinctive facial markings, a black forehead and black sideburns. The upper and lower parts of the body are a varying mixture of grey, buff, yellow and orange. The tail is similarly coloured but tinged with black, and the fur on the hands and feet are also black (3). Adult male and female masked titis may engage in duets or give dawn calls, eliciting responses from other groups (4). The adult male may also give territorial ‘loud calls’. These are short sequences of noises that sound ...

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