Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Greater naked-tailed armadillo

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Cabassous tatouay

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Greater naked-tailed armadillo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Greater naked-tailed armadillo
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Araceae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Cabassous
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Cabassous tatouay

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater naked-tailed armadillo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Greater naked-tailed armadillo
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).

Greater naked-tailed armadillo

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.