Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs spitting spiders

Aotus lemurinus compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	spitting spiders
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Aotidae	Scytodidae
Genus	Aotus	Scytodes
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Scytodes fusca

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Night Monkey and spitting spiders share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	spitting spiders
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.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador