Button Dodder vs New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Notopteris neocaledonicus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Notopteris
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Notopteris neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit 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.

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit 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.