Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Gabon Talapoin

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Miopithecus ogouensis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Gabon Talapoin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Gabon Talapoin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Miopithecus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Miopithecus ogouensis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Gabon Talapoin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Gabon Talapoin
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).

Gabon Talapoin

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.