Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Jungle cat

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Felis chaus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Jungle cat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Jungle cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Felis chaus

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle cat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Jungle cat
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).

Jungle cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.

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.