African payal vs Malayan civet

Salvinia auriculata compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• African payal is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Salviniaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Salvinia	Viverra
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Malayan civet
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).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.