Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Trident leaf-nosed bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Asellia tridens

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Trident leaf-nosed bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trident leaf-nosed bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Boraginaceae	Hipposideridae
Genus	Alkanna	Asellia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Asellia tridens

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Trident leaf-nosed bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Trident leaf-nosed 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.

Trident leaf-nosed 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.