Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Jerusalem thorn

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Parkinsonia aculeata

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Jerusalem thorn is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Jerusalem thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Parkinsonia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Parkinsonia aculeata

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Jerusalem thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Jerusalem thorn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jerusalem thorn

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (16 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).