Brumback's Night Monkey vs fern-grass

Aotus brumbacki compared with Catapodium rigidum

Key Differences

• Brumback's Night Monkey is Vulnerable while fern-grass is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brumback's Night Monkey	fern-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (primatas)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Aotidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aotus	Catapodium
Species	Aotus brumbacki	Catapodium rigidum

Conservation Status

Brumback's Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

fern-grass

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brumback's Night Monkey	fern-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brumback's Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

fern-grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Mexico), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Brumback's Night Monkey

The Brumback's Night Monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species in the genus Aotus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.