Buddha's hand vs Gilbert's dunnart

Alocasia cucullata compared with Sminthopsis gilberti

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Gilbert's dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Gilbert's dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Araceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Alocasia	Sminthopsis
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Sminthopsis gilberti

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Gilbert's dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Gilbert's dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Gilbert's dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.