Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Vasey's grass

Aotus lemurinus compared with Paspalum urvillei

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Vasey's grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Vasey's 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	Paspalum
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Paspalum urvillei

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Vasey's grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Vasey's 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.

Vasey's grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia