Black-headed Night Monkey vs Mountain yam

Aotus nigriceps compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aotidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dioscorea
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.