Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Prickly Pole

Aotus lemurinus compared with Bactris jamaicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aotidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aotus	Bactris
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Prickly Pole
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.