Button Dodder vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Artibeus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Hairy Fruit-eating 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.

Hairy Fruit-eating 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.