Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Old-man-in-the-spring

Aotus lemurinus compared with Senecio vulgaris

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Old-man-in-the-spring is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Old-man-in-the-spring
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aotidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aotus	Senecio
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Senecio vulgaris

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Old-man-in-the-spring

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Old-man-in-the-spring
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.

Old-man-in-the-spring

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador