African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Atherurus africanus compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• African Brush-tailed Porcupine is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Hystricidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Atherurus	Pygathrix
Species	Atherurus africanus	Pygathrix cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

African Brush-tailed Porcupine and Gray-shanked Douc Langur share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

The African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species in the genus Atherurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.