Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Wormseed

Aotus lemurinus compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aotidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Aotus	Dysphania
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Wormseed
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.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).