Agarwood vs Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Rhinophylla alethina

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Hairy Little Fruit 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	Rhinophylla
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Rhinophylla alethina

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Hairy Little Fruit 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.

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.