Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Reticulate Thistle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Onopordum nervosum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Reticulate Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Reticulate Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aotidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aotus	Onopordum
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Onopordum nervosum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Reticulate Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Reticulate Thistle
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.

Reticulate Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).