Agarwood vs Levant Pincertail

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Onychogomphus macrodon

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Levant Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Levant Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Onychogomphus
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Onychogomphus macrodon

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Levant Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Levant Pincertail
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.

Levant Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.