Black-headed Night Monkey vs Cowpea

Aotus nigriceps compared with Vigna unguiculata

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Cowpea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Cowpea
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	Vigna
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Vigna unguiculata

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Cowpea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Cowpea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cowpea

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Croatia, Italy), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Black-headed Night Monkey

The Black-headed Night Monkey (Aotus nigriceps) 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.