Discover a completely new monkey species

Recently scientists have announced the discovery of a completely new monkey in a forest in Brazil.

This unnamed red primate, named Callicebus , is also known as titi monkey , discovered in December 2010 on an expedition by scientists in the northwest of the state of Mato Grosso, one of the the last unexplored areas of Brazil.

The newly discovered primates of Callicebus genus, also called titi monkey (Photo: NewScientist)

Julio Dalponte, one of the adventurers, discovered the differences on the new monkey's head and tail, features that were never known on other titi monkeys living in the same area.

The monkey was later sent to Geoldi Emilio Museum in Brazil to study, and it would take several months for zoologists to describe this newly discovered primate in detail.

During the trip, the expedition also discovered two new fish species including a catfish and a freshwater fish.