Delicate Tube-nosed Bat vs Giant dodder

Murina gracilis compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Tube-nosed Bat	Giant dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Murina	Cuscuta
Species	Murina gracilis	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Tube-nosed Bat	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.