Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Black-backed jackal

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Canis mesomelas

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Black-backed jackal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Black-backed jackal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Canis mesomelas

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Black-backed jackal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Black-backed jackal
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).

Black-backed jackal

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.

Black-backed jackal

The Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a species in the genus Canis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.