Black-headed Night Monkey vs Mat amaranth

Aotus nigriceps compared with Amaranthus blitoides

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Mat amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Mat amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Aotus	Amaranthus
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Amaranthus blitoides

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Mat amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Mat amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mat amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, Morocco, South Africa), Asia (8 countries), Europe (31 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.