Azara's night monkey vs Ferny Azolla

Aotus azarae compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Azara's night monkey Ferny Azolla
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Tracheophyta
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Primates (Primates) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Aotidae Salviniaceae
Genus Aotus Azolla
Species Aotus azarae Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Azara's night monkey

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Azara's night monkey Ferny Azolla
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azara's night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Azara's night monkey

The Azara's night monkey (Aotus azarae) is a species in the genus Aotus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

No description available.

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