The Monkey Named After a Website

You're looking at the madidi titi, also know as the Goldenpalace.com titi – the first species whose name is also an ad. Discovered in 2004, the honor of naming this new monkey was auctioned off  to raise funds for the national park it calls home. Since its christening as Callicebus aureipalatii, however, there's no evidence that the titi enjoys online gambling any more than it used it.


Image via Nova Taxa.

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