Black-headed Night Monkey vs Small shell ginger

Aotus nigriceps compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Aotidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Aotus	Alpinia
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Small shell ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small shell ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in United States.

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.