Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Vegetable fern

Aotus lemurinus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Aotidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aotus	Diplazium
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.