African forest elephant vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Pygathrix
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Pygathrix cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

African forest elephant and Gray-shanked Douc Langur share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a species in the genus Loxodonta. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.