Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Mountain yam

Aotus lemurinus compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Mountain 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 hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Mountain 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.