Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs long yam

Aotus lemurinus compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aotidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dioscorea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.