Elegant Water Shrew vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Nectogale elegans compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Soricomorpha (鼩形目)	Primates (灵长目)
Family	Soricidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Nectogale	Pygathrix
Species	Nectogale elegans	Pygathrix cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Water Shrew and Gray-shanked Douc Langur share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Water Shrew	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.