NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Groves' Titi
Plecturocebus grovesi Boubli, Byrne, Silva, Silva-Júnior, Costa Araujo, Bertuol, Gonçalves, Melo, Rylands et al., 2019
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Alta Floresta titi monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi), also known as the Groves's titi monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It was described from the municipality of Alta Floresta in the state of Mato Grosso.
It is a member of the Eastern Amazonian clade of the red-bellied titi monkey (P. moloch) group, and is the sister taxon to the clade containing the red-bellied titi and Vieira's titi monkey (P. vieirai). It can be distinguished from other species in the P. moloch group by the combination of its agouti dorsal parts, the bright red-brown venter, the entirely black tail with a white tip, and the light yellow fur on the cheeks.
This species is projected to lose up to 86% of its forest habitat under a typical deforestation rate, and is thus classified as Critically Endangered under the IUCN Red List.
Wikipedia contributors, Alta Floresta titi monkey; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:19:50.597345+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Plecturocebus grovesi Boubli, Byrne, Silva, Silva-Júnior, Costa Araujo, Bertuol, Gonçalves, Melo, Rylands et al., 2019
- Name authority
- Boubli, Byrne, Silva, Silva-Júnior, Costa Araujo, Bertuol, Gonçalves, Melo, Rylands et al., 2019
- Common name
- Groves' Titi
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Pitheciidae
- Genus
- Plecturocebus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyPitheciidae Mivart, 1865
- subfamilyCallicebinae Pocock, 1925
- genusPlecturocebus Byrne, Rylands, Carneiro, Lynch Alfaro et al., 2016
- speciesPlecturocebus grovesi Boubli, Byrne, Silva, Silva-Júnior, Costa Araujo, Bertuol, Gonçalves, Melo, Rylands et al., 2019
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Plecturocebus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Baptista TitiPlecturocebus baptista (Lönnberg, 1939) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown TitiPlecturocebus brunneus (Wagner, 1842) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caquetá TitiPlecturocebus caquetensis (Defler, Bueno & Garcia, 2010) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy TitiPlecturocebus cinerascens (Spix, 1823) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rio Mayo TitiPlecturocebus oenanthe (Thomas, 1924) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olalla Brother's TitiPlecturocebus olallae (Lönnberg, 1939) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stephen Nash's TitiPlecturocebus stephennashi (M. van Roosmalen, T. van Roosmalen & Mittermeier, 2002) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Toppin's TitiPlecturocebus toppini (Thomas, 1914) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Urubamba Brown TitiPlecturocebus urubambensis (Vermeer & Tello-Alvarado, 2015) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vieira's TitiPlecturocebus vieirai (Gualda-Barros, Nascimento & Amaral, 2012) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ornate TitiPlecturocebus ornatus (Gray, 1866) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madidi TitiPlecturocebus aureipalatii (Wallace, Gómez, A. M. Felton & A. Felton, 2006) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Boubli, Jean P., Hazel Byrne, Maria N. F. da Silva, José Silva-Júnior, Rodrigo Costa Araújo, et al. (2019). On a new species of titi monkey (Primates: Plecturocebus Byrne et al., 2016), from Alta Floresta, southern Amazon, Brazil. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 132. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:84GMP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.