Gray-bellied night monkey

Weight

800 g – 874 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

31.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

33.8 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

135 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.07 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The gray-bellied night monkey is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyAotidae
6. genusAotus
7. SpeciesAotus lemurinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843

Synonyms Aotus aversus, Aotus hershkovitzi, Aotus lanius, Aotus pervigilis, Nyctipithecus hirsutus, Nyctipithecus villosus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Three-striped night monkey

Aotus trivirgatus

Aotidae

LC, Least Concern

Azara's night monkey

Aotus azarae

Aotidae

EN, Endangered

Peruvian night monkey

Aotus miconax

Aotidae

LC, Least Concern

Black-headed night monkey

Aotus nigriceps

Aotidae

LC, Least Concern

Spix's night monkey

Aotus vociferans

Aotidae

G

Gray-legged night monkey

Aotus griseimembra

AotidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGray-bellied night monkey vs Three-striped night monkeyGray-bellied night monkey vs Azara's night monkeyGray-bellied night monkey vs Peruvian night monkeyGray-bellied night monkey vs Black-headed night monkey

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  title = {Gray-bellied night monkey (Aotus lemurinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gray-bellied-night-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}