Buddha's hand vs Peruvian night monkey

Alocasia cucullata compared with Aotus miconax

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Peruvian night monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Peruvian night monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Aotidae
Genus	Alocasia	Aotus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Aotus miconax

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Peruvian night monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Peruvian night monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Peruvian night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.