Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Moon Trefoil

Aotus lemurinus compared with Medicago arborea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Moon Trefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aotidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Aotus	Medicago
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Moon Trefoil
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.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).