Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Himalayan Maple

Aotus lemurinus compared with Acer oblongum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Himalayan Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Himalayan Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aotidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Aotus	Acer
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Acer oblongum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Himalayan Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Himalayan Maple
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.

Himalayan Maple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Afghanistan, Algeria, and Tanzania.