Barbados nut vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Jatropha curcas compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Barbados nut is Not Evaluated while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barbados nut	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Jatropha	Pygathrix
Species	Jatropha curcas	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Barbados nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barbados nut	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barbados nut

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (44 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (17 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barbados nut

The Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Po.