Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Hortle's whipray

Aotus lemurinus compared with Pateobatis hortlei

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Hortle's whipray is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hortle's whipray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Aotidae	Dasyatidae
Genus	Aotus	Pateobatis
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Pateobatis hortlei

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Night Monkey and Hortle's whipray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Hortle's whipray

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hortle's whipray
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.

Hortle's whipray