Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Rough Star-thistle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Centaurea aspera

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Rough Star-thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Rough Star-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	Centaurea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Centaurea aspera

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Rough Star-thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Rough Star-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.

Rough Star-thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).