Button Dodder vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Calomyscus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Hotson’s Brush-tailed 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.

Hotson’s Brush-tailed 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.