Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Malayan civet

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Viverridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Viverra
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Malayan civet
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).

Malayan civet

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.