Button Dodder vs Long-tailed Goral

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Naemorhedus caudatus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Goral is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Long-tailed Goral
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cuscuta	Naemorhedus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Naemorhedus caudatus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Goral

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Long-tailed Goral
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.

Long-tailed Goral

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.