Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Yellow Prickle

Aotus lemurinus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Yellow Prickle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aotidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Aotus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Yellow Prickle
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.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia