Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Prickly Yellow

Aotus lemurinus compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aotidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Aotus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Prickly Yellow
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.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia