Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Gardnerycteris keenani

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Keenan's Hairy-nosed 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	Gardnerycteris
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Gardnerycteris keenani

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Keenan's Hairy-nosed 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.

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.