Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs hooked-pepperwort

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Marsilea
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.