Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs False Water Rat

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Xeromys myoides

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while False Water Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	False Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Xeromys
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Xeromys myoides

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	False Water Rat
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).

False Water Rat

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.