Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Bare-bellied Hedgehog

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Paraechinus nudiventris

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Bare-bellied Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bare-bellied Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Paraechinus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Paraechinus nudiventris

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bare-bellied Hedgehog
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).

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

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.

Bare-bellied Hedgehog

The Bare-bellied Hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris) is a species in the genus Paraechinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.