Black-headed Night Monkey vs Horse botfly

Aotus nigriceps compared with Gasterophilus intestinalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Horse botfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Aotidae	Oestridae
Genus	Aotus	Gasterophilus
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Gasterophilus intestinalis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Horse botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Horse botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horse botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.