Black-headed Night Monkey vs scimitar-bean

Aotus nigriceps compared with Canavalia gladiata

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while scimitar-bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	scimitar-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aotidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Aotus	Canavalia
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Canavalia gladiata

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

scimitar-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

scimitar-bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (India, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil).

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.