Champak vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Magnolia champaca compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Champak	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Magnoliaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Magnolia	Pygathrix
Species	Magnolia champaca	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Champak

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Champak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Champak

The Champak (Magnolia champaca) is a species in the genus Magnolia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo