Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Petaurista nobilis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Petaurista
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Petaurista nobilis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel
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).

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

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.

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

The Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.