Button Dodder vs Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Dasypus pilosus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Dasypus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Dasypus pilosus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo
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 Long-nosed Armadillo

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.