Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs thatch palm

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Arecaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Coccothrinax
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thatch palm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.