Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Spotted Thistle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Scolymus maculatus

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Spotted Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Spotted 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	Scolymus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Scolymus maculatus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Spotted Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Spotted 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.

Spotted Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).