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The GoldenPalace.com Monkey (Callicebus aureipalatii, “aureipalatii” meaning “of the Golden Palace”) is a monkey species found in western Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.
The species was discovered on a research expedition instigated by Dr. Robert Wallace of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The field expedition team was the first to film and record this species, previously unknown to science.
Rather than choosing a name themselves, Wallace, his team, and WCS auctioned off the naming rights to raise funds for FUNDESNAP, the nonprofit organization that maintains Madidi National Park.
GoldenPalace.com, one of over a dozen bidders, paid US$ 650,000.
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Dr. Robert Wallace, along with his wife, works in Bolivia coordinating the Wildlife Conservation Society’s conservation program in one of the most ecologically diverse areas on Earth.
Dr. Wallace discovered the new species of titi monkey while working near the edge of the protected area of the Madidi national park. Dr. Wallace and his team extensively observed, documented, filmed and photographed this new species before proposing this new species in a document to the scientific community. The document has been approved by taxonomic experts. (…)
A titi monkey actually describes 30 different species of monkey all of which are located in the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions in South America. They live in small groups and weigh about 1kg.
The GoldenPalace.com Monkey has orange fur, a characteristic golden crown and a white tip on its tail. Its hands and feet are a dark red color. Similar to other titi monkeys, they are monogamous and mate for life. They constantly battle for territory with other pairs of titi monkeys and spend most of their time bonding and defending against predators. The male titi monkey usually carries infants the majority of the time until they can survive on their own.
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