Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Panhandle Prickly-pear

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Opuntia polyacantha

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Panhandle Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Opuntia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Opuntia polyacantha

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Panhandle Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panhandle Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Czech Republic.