Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Common Ostrich

Alkanna maleolens compared with Struthio camelus

Key Differences

Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Common Ostrich is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Common Ostrich
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Struthioniformes (Struthioniformes)
Family	Boraginaceae	Struthionidae
Genus	Alkanna	Struthio
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Struthio camelus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Common Ostrich

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Common Ostrich
Diet	—	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	2.1 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Common Ostrich

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Common Ostrich

The world's largest and heaviest living bird, common ostriches stand up to 2.8 meters tall and weigh 156 kg, inhabiting savannas and semi-arid plains of Africa. Flightless, they compensate with powerful long legs capable of delivering lethal kicks and sustaining running speeds of 70 km/h — the fastest of any bird. Their large eyes are the biggest of any land vertebrate. Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any living bird.