Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Orange wattle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Acacia saligna

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Orange wattle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Orange wattle
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	Acacia
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Acacia saligna

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Orange wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Orange wattle
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.

Orange wattle

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (19 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru).