Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat vs Greater dodder

Chaerephon gallagheri compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Molossidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Cuscuta
Species	Chaerephon gallagheri	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).