Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs sika deer

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cervus nippon

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while sika deer is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	sika deer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Pygathrix	Cervus (True Deer)
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Cervus nippon

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-shanked Douc Langur and sika deer share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

sika deer

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sika deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Azerbaijan, Japan, Vietnam), Europe (22 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

sika deer

sika deer (Cervus nippon) is classified as Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. Not yet evaluated against IUCN Red List criteria. Conservation status remains to be determined.