Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Souchet difforme

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Cyperus difformis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Souchet difforme
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Pygathrix	Cyperus
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Souchet difforme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Souchet difforme

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).