Eastern Red Bat vs Greater dodder

Lasiurus borealis compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Red 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	Lasiurus	Cuscuta
Species	Lasiurus borealis	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Red Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States