Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Thatching grass

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Thatching 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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).