Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Painted Woolly Bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Boraginaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Alkanna	Kerivoula
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Painted Woolly 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.

Painted Woolly Bat

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.