Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Hairy indigo

Aotus lemurinus compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Hairy indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hairy indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aotidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Aotus	Indigofera
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Hairy indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hairy indigo
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.

Hairy indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia