Plecturocebus toppini
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Toppin's titi monkey (Plecturocebus toppini) is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. It was described in 1914 by Oldfield Thomas but was afterwards considered conspecific with the coppery titi (P. cupreus). However, a 2015 paper revived it as a distinct species, finding it to be phenotypically distinguishable from P. cupreus. The results of this study were followed by the IUCN Red List, ITIS, and American Society of Mammalogists. In addition, the same paper raised doubt over the distinctiveness of the Madidi titi (P. aureipalatii) due to one of the captured P. toppini specimens closely resembling P. aureipalatii, indicating that P. aureipalatii could be just a color variant of P. toppini. In addition, there may be specimens of P. toppini misidentified as specimens of P. cupreus or the brown titi (P. brunneus), thus requiring further examination.
It was named after Captain Harry Stanley Toppin, who collected the type specimen of this species near the Tahuamanu River in Peru. This species has a wide range in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, being found east of the Urubamba River and likely west of the Ituxi River... Wikipedia →
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Peru · 2024
© Richard E. Webster · XC963935 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Brazil · 2025
© Laura Gaudette · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0
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Brazil · 2020
© Marllus Rafael Almeida · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skansen | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 2 | Baltic Sea Science Center | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Toppin's Titi sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 28 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, July and October–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Toppin's Titi in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in March, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Toppin's Titi sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Toppin's Titi sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Manu National Park (Peru, about 40%).
Same order: Primates
The closest relatives of the Toppin's Titi that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (order Primates) are Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (about 50%), Brown Capuchin (about 50%) and White-mantled Tamarin (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Toppin's Titi is recorded against all the mammals logged in Tambopata National Reserve (59 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
