Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs grey mouse-ear

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cerastium brachypetalum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray-shanked Douc Langur grey mouse-ear
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) Caryophyllaceae
Genus Pygathrix Cerastium
Species Pygathrix cinerea Cerastium brachypetalum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

grey mouse-ear

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray-shanked Douc Langur grey mouse-ear
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

grey mouse-ear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

No description available.

grey mouse-ear

No description available.

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