Button Dodder vs Japanese Water Shrew

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Japanese Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Chimarrogale
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Japanese Water Shrew
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.

Japanese Water Shrew

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.