Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Tickclover

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray-shanked Douc Langur Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Fabaceae
Genus Pygathrix Desmodium
Species Pygathrix cinerea Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray-shanked Douc Langur Tickclover
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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