Azara's night monkey vs Fish-bone Cassia

Aotus azarae compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Azara's night monkey Fish-bone Cassia
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Aotidae Fabaceae
Genus Aotus Chamaecrista
Species Aotus azarae Chamaecrista mimosoides

Conservation Status

Azara's night monkey

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Azara's night monkey Fish-bone Cassia
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azara's night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

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