Ear tree vs Guemal

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Hippocamelus bisulcus

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Guemal is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Guemal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Enterolobium	Hippocamelus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Hippocamelus bisulcus

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Guemal

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Guemal
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Guemal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.