Hoffmann’s Titi

• Common Name: Hoffmanns’s Titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1908
• Monkey Size: 32 to 35 cm (12.5 to 13.75 inches)
• Skin Color(s): Gray
• Habitat: Forest, rainforest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

Hoffmann’s titi^[1] (Plecturocebus hoffmannsi) is a New World primate native to Brazil.

• It was described as Callicebus hoffmannsi in 1908. These primates have small to medium-sized bodies.
• With a height of 32 to 35 centimeters and a weight of 880 to 1020 grams, Hoffmann’s titi monkey is about the size of a rabbit.
• Their tails are typically longer than the head and body combined.
• Their pelage and body coloration differ only slightly within this particular species but very distinctly from other Titis species, ranging from blackish-brown, blackish, brown, and grayish to various combinations of these colors.
• One thing the Hoffmann’s titi monkey has in common with other titi species is that they all have very thick fur, which some biologists have described as shaggy in appearance.

• Hoffmann’s titis are known to live in small, pair-bonded, and territorial groups and are considered monogamous by most biologists.
• They move through the forest by leaping in the lower levels, which include undergrowth and shrub layers, but with occasional movements in the prominent canopy.
• Hoffmann’s titi monkey groups inhabit a fixed territory, which they mark with duet songs every morning.
• The fathers participate intensely in the breeding season, carrying the young and taking them to the mother only to suckle.
• In their environment, Hoffmann’s-Titi monkeys have no known significant predators or threats. Moreover, they are found in a relatively remote region isolated from most anthropogenic influences.