Callicebus (Callicebus) baptista Lönnberg 1939

Callicebus (Callicebus) baptista Lönnberg 1939, Ark. f. Zool., 31A (13): 7.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazona, Lago de Baptista.

Vernacular Names: Baptista Lake Titi.

Distribution: C Brazil, north of the Parana do Uraria and Parana do Ramos and south of the Amazon and lowermost Rio Madeira; and a small wedge between the Rio Uira-Curupa and Rio Andira (van Roosmalen et al., 2002:23-24).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Callicebus . C. moloch species group. Hershkovitz (1990b) placed this as a subspecies of C. hoffmannsi; Groves (1992) suggested that both could be subspecies of moloch, but see Groves (2001 c:170, 173) and van Roosmalen et al. (2002:23-24), who also separated it from hoffmannsi .