Black-headed Night Monkey vs False ironwort

Aotus nigriceps compared with Hyptis capitata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	False ironwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Aotus	Hyptis
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Hyptis capitata

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

False ironwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False ironwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.