Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Mexican Harvest Mouse

Alkanna maleolens compared with Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Mexican Harvest Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Alkanna	Reithrodontomys
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Mexican Harvest Mouse
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.

Mexican Harvest Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.