Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Desert Firetail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Telebasis salva

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Desert Firetail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Desert Firetail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Boraginaceae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Alkanna	Telebasis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Telebasis salva

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Desert Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Desert Firetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Desert Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.