Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Shellplant

Aotus lemurinus compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Liliopsida (زنبقانية)
Order	Primates (رئيسيات)	Zingiberales (زنجبيليات)
Family	Aotidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Aotus	Alpinia
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shellplant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador