Button Dodder vs Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Chiropodomys major

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Chiropodomys
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Chiropodomys major

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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.

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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.