Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Lesser Scalewort

Aotus lemurinus compared with Frullania microphylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Lesser Scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Aotidae	Frullaniaceae
Genus	Aotus	Frullania
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Frullania microphylla

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Lesser Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Lesser Scalewort
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.