Black-headed Night Monkey vs Fire ant

Aotus nigriceps compared with Solenopsis geminata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Fire ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Aotidae	Formicidae
Genus	Aotus	Solenopsis
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Solenopsis geminata

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-headed Night Monkey and Fire ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Fire ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fire ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Liberia, Mauritius), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Denmark, Spain, Sweden), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), 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.