Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs hooked-pepperwort

Aotus lemurinus compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Aotidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Aotus	Marsilea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.