Ansorge's free-tailed bat vs Greater dodder

Chaerephon ansorgei compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ansorge's free-tailed bat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Molossidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Cuscuta
Species	Chaerephon ansorgei	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Ansorge's free-tailed bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ansorge's free-tailed bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ansorge's free-tailed bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Ansorge's free-tailed bat

The Ansorge's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon ansorgei) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.