Flower-faced Bat vs Yellow Dodder

Anthops ornatus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Flower-faced Bat Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Hipposideridae Convolvulaceae
Genus Anthops Cuscuta
Species Anthops ornatus Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Flower-faced Bat Yellow Dodder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

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).

Flower-faced Bat

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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