Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Boraginaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Alkanna	Artibeus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
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 Fruit-eating Bat

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.