Button Dodder vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Miniopterus egeri

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Eger’s Long-fingered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Cuscuta	Miniopterus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Miniopterus egeri

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
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.

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

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.