Desert Long-eared Bat vs Giant dodder

Otonycteris hemprichii compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Long-eared 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	Otonycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Otonycteris hemprichii	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Desert Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Long-eared Bat	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Long-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.