Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Sapele

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Meliaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Entandrophragma
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.