Carrion-Flower vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Smilax herbacea compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

• Carrion-Flower is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carrion-Flower	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Liliales (Liliales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Smilacaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Smilax	Aotus
Species	Smilax herbacea	Aotus lemurinus

Conservation Status

Carrion-Flower

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carrion-Flower	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carrion-Flower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Carrion-Flower

The Carrion-flower (Smilax herbacea) is a species in the genus Smilax. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.