White-eared Titi

• Common Name: White-eared Titi
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1836
• Monkey Size: 31.1 to 34 cm (12.2 to 13 in)
• Skin Color(s): Orange-brownish
• Habitat: Forest, rainforest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Brazil

The white-eared Titi^[1], Plecturocebus donacophilus, also known as the Bolivian gray Titi or Bolivian Titi, is a marmoset species, a New World monkey endemic to eastern Bolivia and a region of western Brazil.

• The species has a range extending east of the Manique River in Beni Department, Bolivia, south to Rondônia in Brazil.
• A plush fur coat almost covers this Titi monkey’s body. Throughout this dense gray coat, nature has painted each hair with her brush in alternating light and dark bands of orange-brown flecks.
• The resulting striped look, known as “agouti” rivals the high-end dyeing process offered by any fancy salon.
• It’s also a necessary adaptation, scientifically called “cryptic coloring“, which allows monkeys to blend into their environment to evade predators.
• Tufts of white fur adorn the ears of the common Titi, giving this monkey its nickname, the white-eared Titi.
• The long, impressive tail is light gray below and darker gray above; it becomes grayer as the monkey ages.
• A subtle yet expressive face with a barely noticeable underbite is characterized by a mustachioed gray muzzle and world-judging brown eyes.

• White-eared titi monkeys live in small family groups of 2-7 members, usually consisting of a bonded adult pair and their young.
• Male species seem to exercise some leadership authority in family groups; however, there is no apparent dominance hierarchy between the sexes or individuals.
• These Titis are diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (they spend their lives in trees and rarely descend to the ground).
• They travel primarily four-legged (on all four limbs) through the forest’s undergrowth, climbing from branch to branch. Its tail never touches the support the monkeys sit on.
• Although they share their habitat with other New World Monkeys (tamarins, marmosets, capuchin monkeys, squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys, owl monkeys, spider monkeys, and woolly monkeys), white-eared Titi prefers their own company.