Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Greater dodder

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Cuscuta
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).