GoldenPalace.com Monkey
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The GoldenPalace.com Monkey (Callicebus aureipalatii, "aureipalatii" meaning "of the Golden Palace") is a titi, a kind of New World monkey, found in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park.
The GoldenPalace.com Monkey has orangish brown fur, a characteristic golden crown, a white tip on its tail, and dark red hands and feet. Like other titis, they are monogamous, mating for life. They maintain their territories against other pairs of titis primarily through territorial calling. The male titis usually carry their infants until they can survive on their own.
The species was discovered on a research expedition instigated by Dr. Robert Wallace of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The field expedition team, consisting of Annika M. Felton, Adam Felton, and Ernesto Cáceres, were the first researchers to film and record this species, previously unknown to science. Rather than choosing a name themselves, Wallace, his team, and WCS auctioned off the naming rights to raise funds for FUNDESNAP (Fundación para el Desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas), the nonprofit organization that maintains Madidi National Park. GoldenPalace.com, one of over a dozen bidders, paid US$ 650,000.
