Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Tape grass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Vallisneria
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tape grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).