Cheracebus
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Black titi (Cheracebus lugens)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Callicebinae |
| Genus: | Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016[1] |
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Simia lugens Humboldt, 1811
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Cheracebus is one of three
Cheracebus lugens, are sometimes referred to as widow titi monkeys.[1]
Historically, titis were monogeneric, comprising only the genus Callicebus Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy was recently proposed that recognises three genera within the subfamily
Callicebinae; Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the species of the torquatus group (Widow titis); Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016 for the Amazonian and Chaco titis of the moloch and donacophilus groups; and Callicebus Thomas, 1903 sensu stricto, for species of the Atlantic Forest personatus group.[1]
Cheracebus is derived from the Latin chera (from the Greek χηρα) meaning widow and cebus (from the Greek kebos) meaning long tailed monkey.[1]
Species
There are 5 species in this genus:
- Lucifer titi monkey, Cheracebus lucifer
- Black titi monkey, Cheracebus lugens
- Colombian black-handed titi monkey, Cheracebus medemi
- Red-headed titi monkey, Cheracebus regulus
- Collared titi monkey, Cheracebus torquatus
References
- ^ PMID 26937245.