Black-headed Night Monkey vs umkokolo

Aotus nigriceps compared with Dovyalis caffra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aotidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dovyalis
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.