Buddha's hand vs Guemal

Alocasia cucullata compared with Hippocamelus bisulcus

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Guemal is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Guemal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Araceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Alocasia	Hippocamelus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Hippocamelus bisulcus

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Guemal

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Guemal
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).

Guemal

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.