Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Mesquite

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Prosopis juliflora

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Mesquite is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Mesquite
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	Prosopis
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Prosopis juliflora

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Mesquite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mesquite

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (29 countries), Asia (23 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).