De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat vs Greater dodder

Thyroptera devivoi compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	De Vivo's Disk-winged 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	Thyropteridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Cuscuta
Species	Thyroptera devivoi	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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).