Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Prickly Coontail

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Ceratophyllum
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.