Button Dodder vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Osgoods short-tailed opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Osgoods short-tailed 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	Monodelphis
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Monodelphis osgoodi

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Osgoods short-tailed 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.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

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.