Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Hispid starbur

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Acanthospermum hispidum

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Hispid starbur is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Hispid starbur
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pygathrix	Acanthospermum
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Acanthospermum hispidum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Hispid starbur

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Hispid starbur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hispid starbur

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (27 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).