NEW SPECIES:
With Marc's call for greater protection of the Rio Aripuanã, read his description of new species he discovered in the region - black dwarf lowland tapir, fair brocket deer, giant peccary and dwarf manatee!
NAMED NEW SPECIES
Black-crowned dwarf marmoset >>>
Callibella humilis
Rio Acarí Amazonian marmoset
Mico (Callithrix) acariensis
Satarè Amazonian marmoset
Mico (Callithrix) saterei
Rio Manicoré Amazonian marmoset
Mico (Callithrix) manicorensis
Stephen Nash’s titi monkey >>>
Callicebus stephennashi
HRH Prince Bernhard’s titi monkey >>>
Callicebus bernhardi
Giant collared peccary >>>
Pecari maximus
Van Roosmalen’s dwarf porcupine >>>
Sphiggurus roosmalenorum
Dwarf manatee >>>
Trichechus pygmaeus sp. nov.
Lecythidaceae (Brazilnut Family) >>>
Lecythis oldemani sp. nov.
Black dwarf lowland tapir >>>
Tapirus pygmaeus sp. nov.
Van Tienhoven's fair brocket deer >>>
Mazama tienhoveni sp. nov.
NEW SPECIES SEARCH
Arboreal giant anteater
Myrmecophaga sp. nov.
White-throated black jaguar
Panthera sp. nov.
Black giant otter - Pteronura sp. nov.
Orange coati-mundè - Nasua sp. nov.
Orange tayra - Eira sp. nov.
Black woolly monkey - Lagothrix sp. nov.
Cruz Lima’s saddleback tamarin monkey
Saguinus (fuscicollis) cruzlimai sp. nov.
Rio Pauiní white bald-headed uacari
Cacajao (calvus) sp. nov.
Rio Aripuanã green-backed squirrel monkey
Saimiri (ustus) sp. nov.
Rio Mamurú titi monkey
Callicebus (moloch) sp. nov.
Upper Xingú Amazonian marmoset monkey
Mico (Callithrix) sp. nov.
Orange woolly monkey - Lagothrix sp. nov.
Long-limbed black spider monkey
Ateles sp. nov. –
Silvery bellied spider monkey - Ateles sp. nov.
Eastern saddleback tamarin monkey
Saguinus (fuscicollis) orientalis sp. nov.
Rio Purús collared titi monkey
Callicebus (torquatus) sp. nov.
Upper Rio Xingú titi monkey
Callicebus (moloch) sp. nov.
Grey saki monkey - Pithecia sp. nov.
Southbank Rio Negro saki monkey
Pithecia (Pithecia) sp. nov. |