Black-headed Night Monkey vs Starfruit

Aotus nigriceps compared with Damasonium polyspermum

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Starfruit is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Aotidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Aotus	Damasonium
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Damasonium polyspermum

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.