Button Dodder vs Northern Gracile Opossum

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Gracilinanus marica

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Northern Gracile Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Northern Gracile Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Gracilinanus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Gracilinanus marica

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Gracile Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Northern Gracile Opossum
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.

Northern Gracile Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.