Buddha's hand vs Long-footed Treeshrew

Alocasia cucullata compared with Tupaia longipes

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Long-footed Treeshrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Long-footed 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	Alocasia	Tupaia
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Tupaia longipes

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-footed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Long-footed Treeshrew
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).

Long-footed Treeshrew

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.