Button Dodder vs Giant Mole Shrew

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Anourosorex schmidi

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Giant Mole Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Giant 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 schmidi

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Mole Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Giant 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.

Giant 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.