Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Tuberous vervain

Aotus lemurinus compared with Verbena rigida

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Tuberous vervain is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Tuberous vervain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aotidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Aotus	Verbena
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Verbena rigida

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Tuberous vervain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Tuberous vervain
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.

Tuberous vervain

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Rwanda, Zimbabwe), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).