Black-headed Night Monkey vs parma wallaby

Aotus nigriceps compared with Macropus parma

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while parma wallaby is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	parma wallaby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Aotidae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Aotus	Macropus (Kangaroos)
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Macropus parma

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-headed Night Monkey and parma wallaby share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

parma wallaby

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	parma wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

parma wallaby

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Found in New Zealand. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.