Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Petaurista xanthotis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Petaurista
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Petaurista xanthotis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
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).

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

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.

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

The Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.