Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs rhesus monkey

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Macaca mulatta

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while rhesus monkey is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	rhesus monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Primates (Primates)	Primates (Primates)
Family same	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Pygathrix	Macaca
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Macaca mulatta

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-shanked Douc Langur and rhesus monkey share a common ancestor at the Family level: Cercopithecidae. (Old World Monkeys)

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

rhesus monkey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	rhesus monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rhesus monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Iran, Japan), Europe (Germany), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).