Chinese water deer vs large-seed dodder

Hydropotes inermis compared with Cuscuta indecora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese water deer	large-seed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Hydropotes	Cuscuta
Species	Hydropotes inermis	Cuscuta indecora

Conservation Status

Chinese water deer

NE — Not Evaluated

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese water deer	large-seed dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese water deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

large-seed dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.

Chinese water deer

The Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a species in the genus Hydropotes. Found across Europe (7 countries).