Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Wild Lettuce

Aotus lemurinus compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Aotidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aotus	Lactuca
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.