Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Green Amaranth

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Amaranthus hybridus

Key Differences

  • Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Green Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray-shanked Douc Langur Green Amaranth
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Amaranthaceae
Genus Pygathrix Amaranthus
Species Pygathrix cinerea Amaranthus hybridus

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Green Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray-shanked Douc Langur Green Amaranth
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Amaranth

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (15 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (32 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Nauru), and South America (5 countries).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

No description available.

Green Amaranth

No description available.

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