Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Indian-nut

Aotus lemurinus compared with Areca catechu

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Indian-nut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Indian-nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aotidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aotus	Areca
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Areca catechu

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Indian-nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Indian-nut
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.

Indian-nut

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia