Desert Long-eared Bat vs Greater dodder

Otonycteris hemprichii compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Long-eared 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	Vespertilionidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Otonycteris	Cuscuta
Species	Otonycteris hemprichii	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Desert Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Long-eared Bat

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).