Floating Bur-Reed vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

• Floating Bur-Reed is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Typhaceae	Aotidae
Genus	Sparganium	Aotus
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Aotus lemurinus

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

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.