Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs toothcup

Aotus lemurinus compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Aotidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Aotus	Ammannia
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	toothcup
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.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador