Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs lesser skullcap

Aotus lemurinus compared with Scutellaria minor

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while lesser skullcap is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	lesser skullcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Aotus	Scutellaria
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Scutellaria minor

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

lesser skullcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	lesser skullcap
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 skullcap

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).