Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Yellow salsify

Aotus lemurinus compared with Tragopogon dubius

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Yellow salsify
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	Tragopogon
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Tragopogon dubius

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow salsify

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Yellow salsify
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 salsify

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).