Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Azara's grass mouse

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Akodon azarae

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Azara's grass mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Azara's grass mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Akodon
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Akodon azarae

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Azara's grass mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Azara's grass mouse
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).

Azara's grass mouse

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.

Azara's grass mouse

The Azara's grass mouse (Akodon azarae) is a species in the genus Akodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.