Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs joint-vetch

Aotus lemurinus compared with Aeschynomene americana

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while joint-vetch is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	joint-vetch
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	Aeschynomene
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Aeschynomene americana

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

joint-vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	joint-vetch
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.

joint-vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia