Dusky Tube-nosed Bat vs Yellow Dodder

Murina fusca compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Dusky Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Tube-nosed Bat	Yellow 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 fusca	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Dusky Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Tube-nosed Bat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).