Fiveangled dodder vs Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Cuscuta pentagona compared with Monodelphis scalops

Key Differences

• Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated while Long-nosed short-tailed opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiveangled dodder	Long-nosed short-tailed opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Monodelphis
Species	Cuscuta pentagona	Monodelphis scalops

Conservation Status

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiveangled dodder	Long-nosed short-tailed opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.