Black-fronted Titi

• Common Name: Black-fronted Titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1823
• Monkey Size: 23 to 46 cm (9.1 to 18.1 in)
• Skin Color(s): Gray
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

The black-fronted titi^[1] is a New-World monkey native to Brazil. Black-fronted titi monkeys have short faces, fluffy bodies, long legs, and long fluffy tails.

• Compared to other platyrrhines, they have sharp canines with little or no sexual dimorphism.
• These monkeys have long skulls and relatively short snouts with single molars compared to other platyrrhines.
• Its skeletal anatomy resembles Aotus’s and is believed to closely resemble the ancestral Platyrrhine.
• The black-fronted titi monkey’s tail is non-prehensile.

The Black-fronted Titi consumes these food sources^[¶]:

• Earleaf Nightshade (Solanum um mauritianum).
• Leathery Colicwood (Myrsine ne coriacea).
• Abas (Psidium guajava)
• Johnnyberry (miconia)
• Fig (Ficus)
• Entireleaf Spiritweed (Aegiphila integrifolia).

• The black-fronted titi monkey is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to extensive habitat loss and fragmentation in the remnant Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.
• Hunting pressure and captures for the pet trade does not appear to be a significant threat to the species due to their small size and shy behavior.
• This primate is territorial and monogamous and lives in small family groups of 2 to 6 monkeys.
• Black-fronted titi monkey is relatively active compared to other Titi species, spending only 29 to 35% of its time resting while foraging and feeding account for 26 to 40%, locomotion 24 to 33%, and less than 6% of social behavior.
• The species is found in both mature rainforest and disturbed fragments and may inhabit isolated forest fragments.