Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Laurel

Aotus lemurinus compared with Ocotea contrerasii

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Laurel is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Aotidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Aotus	Ocotea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Ocotea contrerasii

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Laurel

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Laurel
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.