Black-headed Night Monkey vs Orange Tooth

Aotus nigriceps compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Aotidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Aotus	Hydnellum
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Orange Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as 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.