Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Serpentine Sunflower

Aotus lemurinus compared with Helianthus exilis

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Serpentine Sunflower is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Serpentine Sunflower
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	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Helianthus exilis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Serpentine Sunflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Serpentine Sunflower
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.