Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Bennetts tree-kangaroo

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Dendrolagus bennettianus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Bennetts tree-kangaroo is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bennetts tree-kangaroo
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	Dendrolagus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Dendrolagus bennettianus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bennetts tree-kangaroo
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).

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

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.

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

The Bennetts tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) is a species in the genus Dendrolagus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.