Gray-shanked Douc Langur vs Leopard

Pygathrix cinerea compared with Panthera pardus

Key Differences

• Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered while Leopard is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Leopard
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	Primates (灵长目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Pygathrix	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Pygathrix cinerea	Panthera pardus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Leopard

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-shanked Douc Langur	Leopard
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	60.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leopard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across China, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Leopard

豹是猫科动物中地理分布范围最广的物种，分布于非洲、中东和南亚，从热带雨林到沙漠等各类栖息地均有分布。独居、主要夜行性，具有将猎物藏于树上的卓越攀爬能力。黑色变异个体「黑豹」在密林种群中较为常见。全球范围内被列为易危物种。