Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Central American Squirrel Monkey

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Saimiri oerstedii

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Central American Squirrel Monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Central American Squirrel Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Cebidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Saimiri
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Saimiri oerstedii

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Central American Squirrel Monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Central American Squirrel Monkey
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).

Central American Squirrel Monkey

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.

Central American Squirrel Monkey

The Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) is a species in the genus Saimiri. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.