Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs sweet tanglehead

Aotus lemurinus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	sweet tanglehead
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	Heteropogon
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia