Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Knotgrass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Paspalum distichum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Knotgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Pygathrix	Paspalum
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Paspalum distichum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Knotgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Knotgrass

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 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (21 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (4 countries).