Black-headed Night Monkey vs Downy Safflower

Aotus nigriceps compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aotidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aotus	Carthamus
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.