Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs North Moluccan Flying Fox

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Pteropus caniceps

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while North Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	North Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Xanthosoma	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Pteropus caniceps

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

North Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	North Moluccan Flying Fox
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).

North Moluccan Flying Fox

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.