Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Shrubby false buttonweed

Aotus lemurinus compared with Spermacoce verticillata

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Shrubby false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shrubby false buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Aotidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Aotus	Spermacoce
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Spermacoce verticillata

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Shrubby false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Shrubby false buttonweed
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.

Shrubby false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Solomon Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia