Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Prickly moses

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Acacia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).