Black-headed Night Monkey vs prostrate cinquefoil

Aotus nigriceps compared with Potentilla supina

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while prostrate cinquefoil is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	prostrate cinquefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Aotidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Aotus	Potentilla
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Potentilla supina

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

prostrate cinquefoil

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	prostrate cinquefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

prostrate cinquefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Japan), Europe (12 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). 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.