Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Narrow swordfern

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Nephrolepis
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).