Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Banded hare-wallaby

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Lagostrophus fasciatus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Banded hare-wallaby is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Banded hare-wallaby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Araceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Lagostrophus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Lagostrophus fasciatus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Banded hare-wallaby

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Banded hare-wallaby
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).

Banded hare-wallaby

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.

Banded hare-wallaby

The Banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a species in the genus Lagostrophus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.