Black-headed Night Monkey vs Silver wattle

Aotus nigriceps compared with Acacia dealbata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-headed Night Monkey Silver wattle
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 Acacia
Species Aotus nigriceps Acacia dealbata

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Silver wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-headed Night Monkey Silver wattle
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Silver wattle

No description available.

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