Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Atherton antechinus

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Antechinus godmani

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Atherton antechinus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Atherton antechinus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Araceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Antechinus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Antechinus godmani

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Atherton antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Atherton antechinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Atherton antechinus

Habitat

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.

Atherton antechinus

The Atherton antechinus (Antechinus godmani) is a species in the genus Antechinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.