Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Small Cow-Wheat

Aotus lemurinus compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Small Cow-Wheat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Aotus	Melampyrum
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Small Cow-Wheat
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.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.