Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Coppery Sprite

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Arielulus cuprosus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Coppery Sprite
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Arielulus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Arielulus cuprosus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Coppery Sprite
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).

Coppery Sprite

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.