Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Toothwort

Aotus lemurinus compared with Lathraea squamaria

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Toothwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Toothwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Aotus	Lathraea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Lathraea squamaria

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Toothwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Toothwort
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.