Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs willow-weed

Aotus lemurinus compared with Persicaria decipiens

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while willow-weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	willow-weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Aotus	Persicaria
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Persicaria decipiens

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

willow-weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	willow-weed
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.