Black-headed Night Monkey vs swamp flat sedge

Aotus nigriceps compared with Cyperus ligularis

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while swamp flat sedge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	swamp flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aotus	Cyperus
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Cyperus ligularis

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

swamp flat sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-headed Night Monkey	swamp flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

swamp flat sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia), 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.