On the validity of Plecturocebus parecis Gusmão et al., 2019, a titi monkey described from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia
5 affiliations
- 1Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia (IFRO), Campus Cacoal, RO Brazil
- 2Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Cáceres, MT Brazil
- 3Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Primatas Brasileiros (CPB), Cabedelo, PB Brazil
- 4Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, SE Brazil
- 5Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM Brazil
Abstract
Plecturocebus parecis was described from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, but its taxonomic status was subsequently questioned after mitochondrial evidence prompted alternative hypotheses regarding species limits within this complex. We reassessed these hypotheses using 57 occurrence records obtained from 47 localities during 18 field expeditions conducted between 2023 and 2025. Morphologically homogeneous populations exhibiting the diagnostic phenotype of P. parecis occupied a broad geographic area centred on the Juína region, whereas intermediate phenotypes were geographically restricted to peripheral portions of the distribution, particularly within the Comemoração and Roosevelt drainages. This spatially structured pattern of phenotypic variation provides stronger support for the interpretation of P. parecis as a geographically cohesive and diagnosable lineage than for hypotheses proposing a broadly hybrid population lacking taxonomic cohesion. The distributions of P. parecis, P. cinerascens, and P. bernhardi were also geographically structured, with only limited areas of potential contact. Although additional nuclear genomic and cytogenetic data remain necessary to distinguish among alternative evolutionary scenarios, our results provide a stronger empirical basis for evaluating the recognition of P. parecis while highlighting the importance of comprehensive geographic sampling when evaluating species boundaries in Amazonian primates.
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BibTeX
@article{gusmao2026validity,
title = {{On the validity of Plecturocebus parecis Gusmão et al., 2019, a titi monkey described from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia}},
author = {Almério Câmara Gusmão and Odair Diogo da Silva and Gerson Buss and Leandro Jerusalinsky and Renata Bocorny de Azevedo and Stephen F. Ferrari and Manoel dos Santos Filho and Adrian A. Barnett},
journal = {Primates; Journal of Primatology},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1007/s10329-026-01288-7},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-026-01288-7},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - On the validity of Plecturocebus parecis Gusmão et al., 2019, a titi monkey described from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia
AU - Almério Câmara Gusmão
AU - Odair Diogo da Silva
AU - Gerson Buss
AU - Leandro Jerusalinsky
AU - Renata Bocorny de Azevedo
AU - Stephen F. Ferrari
AU - Manoel dos Santos Filho
AU - Adrian A. Barnett
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/18
JO - Primates; Journal of Primatology
DO - 10.1007/s10329-026-01288-7
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-026-01288-7
AB - Plecturocebus parecis was described from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, but its taxonomic status was subsequently questioned after mitochondrial evidence prompted alternative hypotheses regarding species limits within this complex. We reassessed these hypotheses using 57 occurrence records obtained from 47 localities during 18 field expeditions conducted between 2023 and 2025. Morphologically homogeneous populations exhibiting the diagnostic phenotype of P. parecis occupied a broad geographic area centred on the Juína region, whereas intermediate phenotypes were geographically restricted to peripheral portions of the distribution, particularly within the Comemoração and Roosevelt drainages. This spatially structured pattern of phenotypic variation provides stronger support for the interpretation of P. parecis as a geographically cohesive and diagnosable lineage than for hypotheses proposing a broadly hybrid population lacking taxonomic cohesion. The distributions of P. parecis, P. cinerascens, and P. bernhardi were also geographically structured, with only limited areas of potential contact. Although additional nuclear genomic and cytogenetic data remain necessary to distinguish among alternative evolutionary scenarios, our results provide a stronger empirical basis for evaluating the recognition of P. parecis while highlighting the importance of comprehensive geographic sampling when evaluating species boundaries in Amazonian primates.
SN - 0032-8332
SN - 1610-7365
ER -