Black-headed Night Monkey vs Water yam

Aotus nigriceps compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

• Black-headed Night Monkey is Least Concern while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-headed Night Monkey	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aotidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dioscorea
Species	Aotus nigriceps	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Black-headed Night Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-headed Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water yam

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 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.