Critically Endangered
Rio Mayo titi monkey
Plecturocebus oenanthe
The Rio Mayo titi monkey is a titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Peru.
The primate
Rio Mayo titi monkey is a primate in the family Pitheciidae (order Primates) — Plecturocebus oenanthe.
Range and habitat
The family was observed to live in bamboo stands and low forests with trees with a mean height of 6.8 meters. Even so, forest degradation and disturbed habitats had a negative effect on P. Oenanthe sociability. The Rio Mayo titi monkey is a titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Peru.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
The diet of the Rio Mayo titi consists of mostly leaves, seeds, fruits, and arthropods. In one study, it was found that 54% of their diet was fruit, and 22% insects (consisting of at least 10 different types of insects), with the remainder consisting of leaves, tendrils, meristems, flowers and seeds.
The 22% of the P. Oenanthe diet that consists of insects is gathered in a variety of ways. There are three main types of foraging technique that the species uses to catch insects: lunging and grabbing exposed prey, biting and inspecting hidden prey, and stealth foraging or scanning for prey.
In crisis
It had been classified as vulnerable but due to major habitat loss and restricted living space, it is now classified as Critically Endangered. In October 2012, it was included in The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list. Yet in some areas, such drastic deforestation has resulted in extremely high population density.
The Rio Mayo titi is better adapted to moderately populated areas, thus overpopulation negatively impacts the species. In order for this species to survive, their forests need to be protected to avoid overpopulation.
Rio Mayo titi monkey is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Rio Mayo titi monkey, Wikidata item Q56120707. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
