Common Seahorse vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Hippocampus kuda compared with Aotus lemurinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Perciformes (Окунеобразные)	Primates (приматы)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Aotidae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Aotus
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Aotus lemurinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Seahorse and Gray-bellied Night Monkey share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (хордовые)

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	5 years	—
Average Length	17 cm	—
Average Weight	10 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Seahorse

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Philippines. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

Common Seahorse

The common seahorse is found in tropical and temperate waters. Males carry and deliver the babies.