Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Lesser Crestwort

Aotus lemurinus compared with Lophocolea minor

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Lesser Crestwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Lesser Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Aotidae	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Aotus	Lophocolea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Lophocolea minor

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Lesser Crestwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Lesser Crestwort
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.

Lesser Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).