Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Vieira's titi (Plecturocebus vieirai), recorded as Critically Endangered
Vieira's titi (Plecturocebus vieirai). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Vieira's titi

Plecturocebus vieirai

Vieira's titi is a primate in the family Pitheciidae (order Primates) — Plecturocebus vieirai, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Brazil.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Plecturocebus vieirai
Recorded from
Brazil
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Pitheciidae · Plecturocebus

Appearance

Its natural habitat is evergreen rain forests with lianas and trees of medium to large height.

Range and habitat

Only specimens have been found in three non-adjacent areas of northern Mato Grosso and Pará (Brazil).

GBIF currently lists 35 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Vieira's titi 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 Vieira's titi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q50863 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Photograph of Caquetá titi monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Caquetá titi monkey

Plecturocebus caquetensis
Photograph of Alta Floresta titi monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Alta Floresta titi monkey

Plecturocebus grovesi
Photograph of Rio Mayo titi monkey (Plecturocebus oenanthe), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Rio Mayo titi monkey

Plecturocebus oenanthe
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Quick answers

What is Vieira's titi?
Vieira's titi is a primate in the family Pitheciidae (order Primates) — Plecturocebus vieirai.
What is the conservation status of Vieira's titi?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Plecturocebus vieirai. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Vieira's titi live?
Its natural habitat is evergreen rain forests with lianas and trees of medium to large height.
Why is Vieira's titi in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Plecturocebus vieirai?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Vieira's titi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.