Gray-bellied Night Monkey vs small water-pepper

Aotus lemurinus compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Primates (灵长目)	Caryophyllales (石竹目)
Family	Aotidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Aotus	Persicaria
Species	Aotus lemurinus	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Night Monkey	small water-pepper
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.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).