Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs mountain melick

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Melica nutans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	mountain melick
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	Melica
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.