Broadleaf Pondweed vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Stuckenia pectinata compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Broadleaf Pondweed is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broadleaf 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 pectinata	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Broadleaf Pondweed

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broadleaf Pondweed	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broadleaf Pondweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Broadleaf Pondweed

The Broadleaf Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) 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.