Black-headed Night Monkey vs Giant dodder

Aotus nigriceps compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Giant dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Aotidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aotus	Cuscuta
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Giant dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

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.