Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Sickle Medick

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Sickle Medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Medicago
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).