Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Sourgrass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Digitaria insularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Pygathrix	Digitaria
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).