Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Many-Stalked Spike-Rush

Aotus lemurinus compared with Eleocharis multicaulis

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Many-Stalked Spike-Rush is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Many-Stalked Spike-Rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aotus	Eleocharis
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Eleocharis multicaulis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Many-Stalked Spike-Rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Many-Stalked Spike-Rush
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.