Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Safflower

Aotus lemurinus compared with Carthamus tinctorius

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Carthamus tinctorius

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Safflower
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.

Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia