Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Yellow Dodder

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Cuscuta
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).