Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Hooded red-sided opossum

Aotus lemurinus compared with Monodelphis palliolata

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Hooded red-sided opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hooded red-sided opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Primates (Primata)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Aotidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Aotus	Monodelphis
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Monodelphis palliolata

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Night Monkey and Hooded red-sided opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Hooded red-sided opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Hooded red-sided opossum
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.

Hooded red-sided opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela