Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Bear-cat

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Arctictis binturong

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Bear-cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bear-cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Viverridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Arctictis
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Arctictis binturong

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Bear-cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bear-cat
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).

Bear-cat

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.

Bear-cat

The Bear-cat (Arctictis binturong) is a species in the genus Arctictis. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.