Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs slender thistle

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pygathrix	Carduus
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.