Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Malayan porcupine

Alkanna maleolens compared with Hystrix brachyura

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Boraginaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Alkanna	Hystrix
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Malayan porcupine
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.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

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.