Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs milkweed

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Gomphocarpus
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

milkweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).