Button Dodder vs Gobi Big Brown Bat

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Eptesicus gobiensis

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Gobi Big Brown Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Gobi Big Brown Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Eptesicus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Eptesicus gobiensis

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Gobi Big Brown Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Gobi Big Brown 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.

Gobi Big Brown 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.