Also titi. [Native name in Tupi.] A name for Brazilian monkeys of the genus Callithrix; a sagoin.
1832. Macgillivray, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., xvii. (1836), 230. The titi or Simia sciurea seems to have been a special favourite with Humboldt.
1879. E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 49. The Collared Teetee … is of a dark reddish-brown…. It inhabits Brazil.
1883. Athenæum, 28 April, 545. The Secretary … called special attention … to an American teetee monkey of the genus Callithrix.
1896. List Anim. Zool. Soc., 40. Genus Callithrix.… Moloch Teetee … Black-fronted Teetee … Brown Teetee … Grey Teetee … Black-handed Teetee.
