Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Queen sago

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cycas circinalis

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Queen sago is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Queen sago
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Cycas
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Cycas circinalis

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Queen sago

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Queen sago
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Queen sago

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Marshall Islands, Portugal, South Africa, Taiwan, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.