Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Lesser Capybara

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Hydrochoerus isthmius

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Lesser Capybara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Caviidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Hydrochoerus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Hydrochoerus isthmius

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Lesser Capybara
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).

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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:

🇨🇴 Colombia