Black-headed Night Monkey vs Light Red Meranti

Aotus nigriceps compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Aotidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Aotus	Shorea
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Light Red Meranti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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

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.