Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Hairy-footed dunnart

Alkanna maleolens compared with Sminthopsis hirtipes

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Hairy-footed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hairy-footed dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Boraginaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Alkanna	Sminthopsis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Sminthopsis hirtipes

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Hairy-footed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hairy-footed dunnart
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.

Hairy-footed dunnart

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.