Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Southern Cut Grass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Leersia hexandra

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Southern Cut Grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Southern Cut Grass
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	Leersia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Leersia hexandra

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Southern Cut Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Southern Cut Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Southern Cut Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 countries).