cluster fig vs Hernández Camacho's night monkey

Ficus congesta compared with Aotus jorgehernandezi

Key Differences

• cluster fig is Least Concern while Hernández Camacho's night monkey is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cluster fig	Hernández Camacho's night monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Moraceae	Aotidae
Genus	Ficus	Aotus
Species	Ficus congesta	Aotus jorgehernandezi

Conservation Status

cluster fig

LC — Least Concern

Hernández Camacho's night monkey

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cluster fig	Hernández Camacho's night monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cluster fig

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Hernández Camacho's night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

cluster fig

Ficus congesta, a species within the enormously diverse fig genus of the family Moraceae, is a tropical tree producing characteristic clustered figs that ripen to attract frugivorous birds, bats, and mammals. The genus Ficus comprises over 800 species distributed pantropically, and F. congesta occupies forest habitats across Southeast Asia and Melanesia, where it grows in primary and secondary lowland tropical forests at varying elevations. Like other members of the genus, Ficus congesta maintains an obligate pollination mutualism with a specific fig wasp species in the family Agaonidae; each fig species and its wasp partner have co-evolved in tight specificity over millions of years. The tree produces figs in dense clusters on the trunk and branches, providing an abundant and reliable food source for wildlife that supplement more seasonal fruiting trees. Ficus congesta is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN given the breadth of its range across Melanesia and parts of island Southeast Asia. Figs serve critical ecological roles as keystone resources in tropical forests, sustaining frugivore populations during periods when other fruits are scarce. The species contributes to forest regeneration as frugivores disperse its seeds widely across the landscape.