Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Amaranthus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Rough-Fruit Amaranth is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Amaranthus
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Amaranthus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).