Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Jointed Pricklypear

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Jointed Pricklypear
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)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Opuntia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.