Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Pencil flower

Aotus lemurinus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Pencil flower
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	Stylosanthes
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Pencil flower
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.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia