Bad-smelling Alkanet vs snout

Alkanna maleolens compared with Hypena proboscidalis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while snout is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	snout
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Erebidae
Genus	Alkanna	Hypena
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Hypena proboscidalis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

snout

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	snout
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.

snout

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, 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.