| Red-bellied titi[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Genus: | Callicebus |
| Species: | C. moloch |
| Binomial name | |
| Callicebus moloch (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) |
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| Red-bellied Titi range | |
The red-bellied titi or dusky titi, Callicebus moloch, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It lives in forests and thickets.
They have rounded heads and thick, soft coats and frequently adopt a characteristic posture with the body hunched, limbs close together, and a tail hanging down. The body is 28-39 cm long, and the tail is 33-49 cm.
It can move quite fast if necessary but rarely does so and generally stays within a fairly small area, feeding on fruit, insects, spiders, small birds, and bird's eggs. Diurnal, it moves in pairs or family groups, which communicate by means of a wide repertoire of sounds. The female gives birth to 1 young.