Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs star-thistle

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Centaurea calcitrapa

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while star-thistle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	star-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	Centaurea
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Centaurea calcitrapa

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

star-thistle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

star-thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).