Agarwood vs Perlemoen

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Haliotis midae

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Perlemoen is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Perlemoen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Haliotidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Haliotis
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Haliotis midae

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Perlemoen

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Perlemoen
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.

Perlemoen

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Norway and South Africa. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.