Milton’s Titi

• Common Name: Milton’s Titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 2014
• Monkey Size: 12 to 15 cm (4.72 to 5.91 in)
• Skin Color(s): Grey
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Herbivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

Milton’s titi^[1] (Plecturocebus miltoni), also called the fire-tailed titi monkey, is a species of titi, a type of New World Monkey from the Amazon rainforest of southern Brazil.

• Milton’s titi can be distinguished from other titi by the following characteristics: a light gray forehead line, dark ocher throat and sideburns, dark gray flanks and torso, and an orange tail.

• Milton’s titi monkeys live in a small area of ​​lowland rainforest between the Aripuanã and Roosevelt rivers.
• The species was named after a Brazilian primatologist, Milton Thiago de Mello.
• Like their relatives, Milton’s titis live in small family groups comprising a pair of monogamous adults and 2 or 3 of their young.
• These fruit-eating monkeys spend much time grooming themselves, sometimes perching side by side on branches with lovingly entwined tails.
• When startled, Milton’s titis quickly disappear from sight and hide in dense sections of treetops.