Fiveangled dodder vs Long-tailed Marmot

Cuscuta pentagona compared with Marmota caudata

Key Differences

• Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Marmot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiveangled dodder	Long-tailed Marmot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cuscuta	Marmota
Species	Cuscuta pentagona	Marmota caudata

Conservation Status

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiveangled dodder	Long-tailed Marmot
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-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.