Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Philander mondolfii

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Araceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Philander
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Philander mondolfii

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum
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).

Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.