Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Sourgrass

Aotus lemurinus compared with Digitaria insularis

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Sourgrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aotus	Digitaria
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Sourgrass
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.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia