False Serotine Bat vs Greater dodder

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine 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	Hesperoptenus	Cuscuta
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).