Brown-Headed Fox Sedge vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Carex alopecoidea compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Brown-Headed Fox Sedge is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-Headed Fox Sedge	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cyperaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Carex	Pygathrix
Species	Carex alopecoidea	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Brown-Headed Fox Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-Headed Fox Sedge	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-Headed Fox Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown-Headed Fox Sedge

The Brown-headed Fox Sedge (Carex alopecoidea) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.