Black-headed Night Monkey vs limestone fern

Aotus nigriceps compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Aotidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Aotus	Gymnocarpium
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. 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.