Azara's night monkey vs Starfruit

Aotus azarae compared with Damasonium alisma

Key Differences

• Azara's night monkey is Least Concern while Starfruit is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azara's night monkey	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Aotidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Aotus	Damasonium
Species	Aotus azarae	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

Azara's night monkey

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azara's night monkey	Starfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azara's night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

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.