Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Nodding Yucca

Aotus lemurinus compared with Yucca cernua

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Nodding Yucca is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Nodding Yucca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Aotidae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Aotus	Yucca
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Yucca cernua

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Nodding Yucca

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Nodding Yucca
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.