Dwarf Dog-faced Bat vs Greater dodder

Molossops temminckii compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Dog-faced 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	Molossidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Molossops	Cuscuta
Species	Molossops temminckii	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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).