Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Boraginales (Bộ Mồ hôi)	Chiroptera (bộ Dơi)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alkanna	Cynopterus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Greater Short-nosed Fruit 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.

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.