Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Northern elephant seal

Alkanna maleolens compared with Mirounga angustirostris

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Northern elephant seal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Northern elephant seal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Boraginaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Alkanna	Mirounga
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Mirounga angustirostris

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Northern elephant seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Northern elephant seal
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.

Northern elephant seal

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.