Black-headed Night Monkey vs Southern Cut Grass

Aotus nigriceps compared with Leersia hexandra

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Southern Cut Grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Southern Cut Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aotus	Leersia
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Leersia hexandra

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Southern Cut Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	Southern Cut Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Southern Cut Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), 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.