flax dodder vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Cuscuta epilinum compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Key Differences

• flax dodder is Extinct while Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	flax dodder	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Cynopterus
Species	Cuscuta epilinum	Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	flax dodder	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

flax dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan