Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Javan Mongoose

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Herpestes javanicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Javan Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Herpestes
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Herpestes javanicus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Javan Mongoose
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).

Javan Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Mauritius), Asia (Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Colombia, Guyana).

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 9 countries:

🇧🇧 Barbados 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇺🇸 United States