Parecis Titi

• Common Name: Parecis titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 2019
• Monkey Size: 23 to 46 cm (9 to 18 inches)
• Skin Color(s): Reddish chestnut
• Habitat: Forest, rainforest
• Diet: Herbivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

The Parecis titi^[1] (Plecturocebus parecis) is a species of titi, a New World Monkey native to Brazil.

• These South American primates can be distinguished from all other Plecturocebus species by their generally grayish agouti fur accompanied by a reddish-brown back.
• The neck, legs, chest, and inner extremities are white, and its tail also turns white towards the tip.

• The range of the new species is in the deforestation arc of the Amazon, where large tracts of forest are being destroyed for timber, settlements, and industrial agriculture.
• In the local Paresi language, it is known as otôhô.
• Parecis titi monkeys live in small family groups of a monogamous pair and their young.
• The males help care for the baby by holding it when the female is not nursing.
• They usually sleep together in a vine-covered tree, often returning to the same tree night after night.