Chinese Bamboo Rat vs Greater dodder

Rhizomys sinensis compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Bamboo Rat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Spalacidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Rhizomys	Cuscuta
Species	Rhizomys sinensis	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Chinese Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Bamboo Rat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Bamboo Rat

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).

Chinese Bamboo Rat

The Chinese Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sinensis) is a species in the genus Rhizomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.