African payal vs 瓶鼻海豚

Salvinia auriculata compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

African payal is Not Evaluated while 瓶鼻海豚 is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	瓶鼻海豚
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Polypodiopsida (水龍骨綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Salviniales (槐叶蘋目)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Salviniaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Salvinia	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

瓶鼻海豚

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	瓶鼻海豚
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

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).

瓶鼻海豚

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

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.