Bad-smelling Alkanet vs five-striped squirrel

Alkanna maleolens compared with Callosciurus quinquestriatus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while five-striped squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	five-striped squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Boraginaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Alkanna	Callosciurus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Callosciurus quinquestriatus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

five-striped squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	five-striped squirrel
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.

five-striped squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.