Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs serpent cactus

Aotus lemurinus compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while serpent cactus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	serpent cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Aotus	Peniocereus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	serpent cactus
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.