Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat vs Greater dodder

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Casinycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat

The Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat (Casinycteris campomaanensis) is a species in the genus Casinycteris. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.