Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Yellow ginger

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Hedychium flavescens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Yellow ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Hedychium
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Hedychium flavescens

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Yellow ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Vietnam), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil).