Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Northern Treeshrew

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Tupaia belangeri

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Northern Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Araceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Tupaia
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Tupaia belangeri

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Northern Treeshrew
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).

Northern Treeshrew

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.