Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Giant Mole Shrew

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Blarina brevicauda

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Giant Mole Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Giant Mole Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Soricidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Blarina
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Blarina brevicauda

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Giant Mole Shrew
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).

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States