Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Tome's spiny rat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Proechimys semispinosus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Tome's spiny rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Tome's spiny rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Boraginaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Alkanna	Proechimys
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Proechimys semispinosus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Tome's spiny rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Tome's spiny rat
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.

Tome's spiny rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.