Black-headed Night Monkey vs lignum vitae

Aotus nigriceps compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Aotus	Guaiacum
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.