Bed-jacket vs Eurasian Baskettail

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Epitheca bimaculata

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Eurasian Baskettail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Eurasian Baskettail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Sapindaceae	Corduliidae
Genus	Alectryon	Epitheca
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Epitheca bimaculata

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Eurasian Baskettail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Eurasian Baskettail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Eurasian Baskettail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.