Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Pole butterflybush

Aotus lemurinus compared with Buddleja officinalis

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Pole butterflybush is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Pole butterflybush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Aotus	Buddleja
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Buddleja officinalis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Pole butterflybush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Pole butterflybush
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.