Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs thatch palm

Aotus lemurinus compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while thatch palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aotidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aotus	Coccothrinax
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	thatch palm
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.

thatch palm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.