Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Giant dodder

Artibeus gnomus compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating 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	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Cuscuta
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.