Black-headed Night Monkey vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Aotus nigriceps compared with Galium tricornutum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Aotidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Aotus	Galium
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Qatar), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Critically 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.