Stephen Nash’s Titi

• Common Name: Stephen Nash’s Titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 2002
• Monkey Size: 71 to 71 cm (28 to 28 in)
• Skin Color(s): Silver
• Habitat: Forest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

Stephen Nash’s Titi^[1] (Plecturocebus stephennashi), also known as Stephen Nash’s monkey or Nash’s Titi, is a species of Titi in the family Pitheciidae.

• It is native to Brazil’s east bank of the Purus River. The adult Stephen Nash’s Titi can reach a maximum length of 71 cm.
• They have an elongated tail 17 inches (43 in) long, making up more than 60 percent of their body length.
• Stephen Nash’s species of Titi monkeys are also frivolous animals, ranging in body weight from 700 grams to 1, 650 grams (1.5 to 3.6 pounds).
• It has a silver body, a black forehead, red sideburns, and a chest.
• Stephen Nash’s titi monkey is an animal without a prehensile tail, and the undersides of this species of monkey’s limbs are also red.

• This Brazilian monkey was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center. It was officially described in 2002.
• It was named after Stephen D. Nash, an illustrator at Conservation International, the organization that funded van Roosmalen’s work.
• Stephen Nash’s Titi monkey lived in groups of adult male and female monkeys, with a maximum of three juvenile monkeys.
• Male and female Stephen Nash’s Titi monkeys form a strong relationship characterized by a close spatial relationship, pair-specific behaviors, and shared pair magnetism.
• Male Stephen Nash’s Titi monkeys of this species carry their babies the day after birth and provide most of the parental care for the babies, except for breastfeeding.