Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs purging croton

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Croton laevigatus

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while purging croton is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	purging croton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Croton
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Croton laevigatus

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

purging croton

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

purging croton

Habitat

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