Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Water yam

Aotus lemurinus compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Aotidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dioscorea
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Water yam
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 yam

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela