Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Thatching grass

Aotus lemurinus compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Thatching grass
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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Thatching grass
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.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).