Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs slender thistle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	slender thistle
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	Carduus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	slender thistle
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.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.