Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs umkokolo

Aotus lemurinus compared with Dovyalis caffra

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aotidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dovyalis
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	umkokolo
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.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).