Bittercress vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Cardamine hirsuta compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Bittercress is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bittercress	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Brassicaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Cardamine	Pygathrix
Species	Cardamine hirsuta	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bittercress

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries).

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bittercress

The Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also