Button Dodder vs Chinese Mole Shrew

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Anourosorex squamipes

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Chinese Mole Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Chinese Mole Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Anourosorex
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Anourosorex squamipes

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Chinese Mole Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Chinese Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Chinese Mole Shrew

The Chinese Mole Shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) is a species in the genus Anourosorex. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.