Black-headed Night Monkey vs Natal plum

Aotus nigriceps compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Natal plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Aotidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aotus	Carissa
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Natal plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.