Monkey business. (Freeze Frame).If these two critters look bewildered, it's probably the first time they've posed for a snapshot. The two new species of titi monkeys titi monkey one of the many small New World monkeys, about the size of a squirrel with dense, short fur and a long, nonprehensile tail. It comes in several colors including black with white face, collar and hands. Called also Callicebus spp. (Callicebus bernhardi, left, Callicebus stephennashi, right) roamed undiscovered in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon Rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonía) is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America. until they were spotted in 1996 and 2001 by Dutch primatologist (primate primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. scientist) Marc van Roosmalen Dr. Marc van Roosmalen (1947) is a Dutch primatologist living in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. He was elected as one of the "Heroes of the Planet" by Time Magazine in 2000. of Brazil's National Institute for Amazon Research. Marked by brightly colored fur, these tree-dwelling primates--a group of mammals including monkeys, apes, and humans--bring the total number of primate species in Brazil to 95, far more than any other country. And, says van Roosmalen, more species await discovery in the rainforest: "Whenever I go out there, I find something new." |
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