vs Peruvian night monkey

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Aotus miconax

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Peruvian night monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Peruvian night monkey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Niaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Aotus
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Aotus miconax

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian night monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Peruvian night monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Peruvian night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.