Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Greater dodder

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar 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	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Cuscuta
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar 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).