Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Potto

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Perodicticus
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Potto
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).

Potto

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.