Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Smooth joyweed

Aotus lemurinus compared with Alternanthera paronychioides

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Smooth joyweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Smooth joyweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Aotus	Alternanthera
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Alternanthera paronychioides

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Smooth joyweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Smooth joyweed
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.

Smooth joyweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia