flax dodder vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Cuscuta epilinum compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• flax dodder is Extinct while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	flax dodder	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Artibeus
Species	Cuscuta epilinum	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

flax dodder

EX — Extinct

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	flax dodder	Hairy Fruit-eating 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).

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.