Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Drylands Laucha

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Calomys musculinus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Drylands Laucha is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Drylands Laucha
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Calomys
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Calomys musculinus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Drylands Laucha

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Drylands Laucha
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).

Drylands Laucha

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.