Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Broad-striped Mongoose

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Galidictis fasciata

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Broad-striped Mongoose is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Broad-striped Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Galidictis
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Galidictis fasciata

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Broad-striped Mongoose

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Broad-striped Mongoose
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).

Broad-striped Mongoose

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.

Broad-striped Mongoose

The Broad-Striped Mongoose (Galidictis fasciata) is a species in the genus Galidictis. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.