Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Eden's whale

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Balaenoptera edeni

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Eden's whale is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Eden's whale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Araceae	Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Balaenoptera (Rorquals)
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Balaenoptera edeni

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Eden's whale

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Eden's whale
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).

Eden's whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Norway), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇹🇼 Taiwan