Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Long-legged bat tick

Alkanna maleolens compared with Ixodes vespertilionis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Long-legged bat tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Long-legged bat tick
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Boraginaceae	Ixodidae
Genus	Alkanna	Ixodes
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Ixodes vespertilionis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-legged bat tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Long-legged bat tick
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.

Long-legged bat tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and 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.