Black-headed Night Monkey vs Greater Straw Sedge

Aotus nigriceps compared with Carex normalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Greater Straw Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aotus	Carex
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Carex normalis

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Greater Straw Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Greater Straw Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater Straw Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.