Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Black-eared Deermouse

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Peromyscus melanotis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Black-eared Deermouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Black-eared Deermouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Peromyscus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Peromyscus melanotis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Black-eared Deermouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Black-eared Deermouse
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-eared Deermouse

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-eared Deermouse

The Black-eared Deermouse (Peromyscus melanotis) is a species in the genus Peromyscus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.