Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Indian Hare

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Lepus nigricollis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Indian Hare is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Indian Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Araceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Lepus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Lepus nigricollis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Indian Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Indian Hare
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).

Indian Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius and Seychelles.

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.