Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs Java plum

Aotus lemurinus compared with Syzygium cumini

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while Java plum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (приматы)	Myrtales (миртоцветные)
Family	Aotidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Aotus	Syzygium
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	Java plum
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.

Java plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela