Agarwood vs Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Artibeus planirostris

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Artibeus
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Artibeus planirostris

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.