Button Dodder vs Little Tube-nosed Bat

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Murina aurata

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Little Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Little Tube-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Murina
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Murina aurata

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Little Tube-nosed 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.

Little Tube-nosed 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.