Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Nutmeg

Aotus lemurinus compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Aotidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Aotus	Myristica
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).