Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Boodie

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Bettongia lesueur

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Boodie is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Boodie
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Araceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Bettongia
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Bettongia lesueur

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Boodie

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Boodie
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).

Boodie

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.

Boodie

The Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) is a species in the genus Bettongia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.