Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Para grass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Urochloa mutica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Para grass
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	Urochloa
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Urochloa mutica

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Para grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Para grass

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Somalia), Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Portugal, Spain), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).