Floating Fern vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Salvinia	Pygathrix
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.