Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Shingle Flatsedge

Aotus lemurinus compared with Cyperus imbricatus

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Shingle Flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shingle Flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aotus	Cyperus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Cyperus imbricatus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Shingle Flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shingle Flatsedge
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.

Shingle Flatsedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Israel, Singapore), Europe (4 countries), North America (Haiti, Jamaica), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).