Stephen Nash's Titi

Taxobox
name = Stephen Nash's TitiMSW3 Groves|pages=145]
status = DD
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2003|id=41555|title=Callicebus stephennashi|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is data deficient]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Pitheciidae
genus = "Callicebus"
species = "C. stephennashi"
binomial = "Callicebus stephennashi"
binomial_authority = van Roosmalen et al., 2002
range_

range_map_caption = Distribution of Stephen Nash's Titi.

Stephen Nash's Titi Monkey ("Callicebus stephennashi"), also known as just Nash's Titi Monkey or Stephen Nash's Monkey, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the eastern bank of the Purus River in Brazil. It was discovered by Marc van Roosmalen in 2001 when local fishermen brought specimens to his breeding center. It was described in 2002. cite book| last = Ellis| first = Richard| authorlink = Richard Ellis (biologist) | title = No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species| publisher = Harper Perennial | date = 2004| location = New York| pages = 266| isbn =0-06-055804-0 ] It was named in honor of Stephen Nash, an illustrator for Conservation International, the organization that funded Van Roosmalen's work. The monkey is largely silver with a black forehead and red sideburns and chest, as well as on the underside of the species' limbs.cite web | url = http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2002/2002-06-24-06.asp | title = Two New Monkeys Found in Amazon Rainforest | date = 2002-06-24 | accessdate = 2007-06-21 | author = Lazaroff, Cat] It is 28 inches long, although 17 inches is taken up by the titi's tail.

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External links

* [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2002/2002-06-24-06.asp Images of Stephen Nash's Titi]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]