Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Artibeus cinereus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Boraginales (紫草目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Boraginaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Alkanna	Artibeus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Gervais's Fruit-eating 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.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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.