Button Dodder vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Cuscuta	Myomimus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Myomimus personatus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
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.

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

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.