False Water Rat vs Yellow Dodder

Xeromys myoides compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Xeromys	Cuscuta
Species	Xeromys myoides	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).