Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Little Squid

Alkanna maleolens compared with Loliolus uyii

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Little Squid is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Little Squid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Myopsida (Myopsida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Loliginidae
Genus	Alkanna	Loliolus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Loliolus uyii

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Little Squid

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Little Squid
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.

Little Squid

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.