False Dog-tooth vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Cynodontium fallax compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• False Dog-tooth is Near Threatened while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Dog-tooth	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dicranales (Dicranales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Rhabdoweisiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Cynodontium	Pygathrix
Species	Cynodontium fallax	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

False Dog-tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Dog-tooth	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Dog-tooth

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.