Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Meerkat

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Suricata suricatta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Meerkat
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	Suricata
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Suricata suricatta

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Meerkat
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).

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

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.