Black-headed Night Monkey vs smooth heliotrope

Aotus nigriceps compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Aotidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Aotus	Heliotropium
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.