Black-headed Night Monkey vs Devil's Bit

Aotus nigriceps compared with Ruellia tuberosa

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Devil's Bit is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Devil's Bit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Aotus	Ruellia
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Ruellia tuberosa

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Devil's Bit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Devil's Bit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Devil's Bit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (9 countries), North America (Bahamas, Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (4 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.