Order Primates
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
111
184
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Callicebus (Callicebus) cupreus
(Spix 1823)
[Callithrix] cuprea
Spix 1823
,
Sim. Vespert.
Brasil
.: 23
.
Type Locality:
Brazil
, Rio Solimões, Tabatinga.
Vernacular Names:
Coppery
Titi
.
Synonyms:
Callicebus (Callicebus) acreanus
Vieira 1952
;
Callicebus (Callicebus) egeria
Thomas 1908
;
Callicebus (Callicebus) toppinii
Thomas 1914
.
Distribution:
South of the Amazon from Rio Purús to Rio Ucayali,
Brazil
and
Peru
; probably
Bolivia
.
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix II;
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Callicebus
.
C. cupreus
species group. Includes
caligata
,
discolor
and
dubius
according to
Groves (1992
,
2001
c
), who argued that, if the distributions are sympatric, as mapped by Hershkovitz (1990), then all these are likely to be colour morphs; but according to
van Roosmalen et al. (2002)
, the distributions given by Hershkovitz are incorrect, and they are vicariant and hence represent differentiated taxa.