Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs short-ray fleabane

Aotus lemurinus compared with Erigeron lonchophyllus

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while short-ray fleabane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	short-ray fleabane
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	Erigeron
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Erigeron lonchophyllus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

short-ray fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	short-ray fleabane
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.