Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat vs Greater dodder

Sturnira giannae compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered 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	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Cuscuta
Species	Sturnira giannae	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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).