Allen's Big-eared Bat vs Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Idionycteris phyllotis compared with Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Key Differences

• Allen's Big-eared Bat is Least Concern while Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Araceae
Genus	Idionycteris	Xanthosoma
Species	Idionycteris phyllotis	Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Conservation Status

Allen's Big-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Big-eared Bat	Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Big-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Allen's Big-eared Bat

The Allen's Big-eared Bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) is a species in the genus Idionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.