Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Paradoxurus jerdoni

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Viverridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Paradoxurus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Paradoxurus jerdoni

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit
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).

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

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.

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

The Brown Palm Civit, Jerdon's Palm Civit (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is a species in the genus Paradoxurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.