Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Water-snowflake

Aotus lemurinus compared with Nymphoides indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Water-snowflake
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aotidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Aotus	Nymphoides
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Nymphoides indica

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Water-snowflake

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Water-snowflake
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.

Water-snowflake

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Guinea, Indonesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia