Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus): first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence

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Authors

Hazel Byrne · University of Salford

Anthony B. Rylands · Conservation International

Jeferson Carneiro · Universidade Federal do Pará

Jéssica W. Lynch Alfaro · University of California, Los Angeles

Fabrício Bertuol · Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva · National Institute of Amazonian Research

Mariluce Rezende Messias

Abstract

Considering molecular, morphological and biogeographic evidence, we propose a new genus level taxonomy for titi monkeys: Cheracebus n. gen. in the Orinoco, Negro and upper Amazon basins (torquatus group), Callicebus Thomas, 1903, in the Atlantic Forest (personatus group), and Plecturocebus n. gen. in the Amazon basin and Chaco region (donacophilus and moloch groups).

Topics & Keywords

Primate Behavior and Ecology Amphibian and Reptile Biology Evolution and Paleontology Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Frontiers in Zoology

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 10-10

DOI: 10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4

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