Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Greater dodder

Aotus lemurinus compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Aotidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aotus	Cuscuta
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).