Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Mealy Tooth

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Hydnellum ferrugineum

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Mealy Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Mealy Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Hydnellum
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Hydnellum ferrugineum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mealy Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.