Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Stuckenia filiformis compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Potamogetonaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Stuckenia	Pygathrix
Species	Stuckenia filiformis	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed

The Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed (Stuckenia filiformis) is a species in the genus Stuckenia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).