Beehive Ginger vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Zingiber spectabile compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

Beehive Ginger is Data Deficient while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beehive Ginger	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Zingiber	Aotus
Species	Zingiber spectabile	Aotus lemurinus

Conservation Status

Beehive Ginger

DD — Data Deficient

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beehive Ginger

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

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.

Beehive Ginger

The Beehive Ginger (Zingiber spectabile) is a species in the genus Zingiber. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.