Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Maltesecross

Aotus lemurinus compared with Silene chalcedonica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Maltesecross
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Aotus	Silene
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Silene chalcedonica

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Maltesecross

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Maltesecross
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.

Maltesecross

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).