Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Chinese Shrew

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Sorex sinalis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Chinese Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Soricidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Sorex
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Sorex sinalis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Chinese Shrew
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 Shrew

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 Shrew

The Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis) is a species in the genus Sorex. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.