Agarwood vs Lesueur's Hairy Bat

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Cistugo lesueuri

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Lesueur's Hairy Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Lesueur's Hairy Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Cistugidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Cistugo
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Cistugo lesueuri

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Lesueur's Hairy 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.

Lesueur's Hairy Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.