Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs True indigo

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Indigofera tinctoria

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while True indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	True indigo
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	Indigofera
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Indigofera tinctoria

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

True indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	True indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

True indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (9 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).