African payal vs Indian muntjac

Salvinia auriculata compared with Muntiacus muntjak

Key Differences

• African payal is Not Evaluated while Indian muntjac is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Indian muntjac
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Salvinia	Muntiacus
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Muntiacus muntjak

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Indian muntjac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Indian muntjac
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African payal

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bangladesh, Thailand), Europe (5 countries), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic), and South America (4 countries).

Indian muntjac

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

African payal

The African payal (Salvinia auriculata) is a species in the genus Salvinia. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom