Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Big Free-tailed Bat

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Nyctinomops macrotis

Key Differences

Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Big Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Big Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Molossidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Nyctinomops
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Nyctinomops macrotis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Big Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Big Free-tailed Bat
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).

Big Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Big Free-tailed Bat

The Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) is a species in the genus Nyctinomops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.