Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Nutmeg

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Myristicaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Myristica
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).