Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Worm-rooted Buttercup

Aotus lemurinus compared with Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Key Differences

Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Worm-rooted Buttercup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Aotidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Aotus	Ranunculus
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Worm-rooted Buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Worm-rooted Buttercup
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.