Baiji vs mauve sauvage

Lipotes vexillifer compared with Malva sylvestris

Key Differences

• Baiji is Critically Endangered while mauve sauvage is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baiji	mauve sauvage
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Lipotidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Lipotes	Malva
Species	Lipotes vexillifer	Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Baiji

CR — Critically Endangered

mauve sauvage

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baiji	mauve sauvage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baiji

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mauve sauvage

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Baiji

The Chinese River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) is a species in the genus Lipotes. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.