Black-headed Night Monkey vs Sapele

Aotus nigriceps compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aotidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Aotus	Entandrophragma
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.