Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Wild Lettuce

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pygathrix	Lactuca
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).