Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Stinkgrass

Aotus lemurinus compared with Eragrostis cilianensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Stinkgrass
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	Eragrostis
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Eragrostis cilianensis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Stinkgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Stinkgrass
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.

Stinkgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (19 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador