Black-headed Night Monkey vs Fringed rue

Aotus nigriceps compared with Ruta chalepensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Fringed rue
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aotidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Aotus	Ruta
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Ruta chalepensis

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Fringed rue

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed rue

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Sao Tome and Principe), Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain), North America (Belize, United States), and South America (6 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.