Giant dodder vs Gobi Big Brown Bat

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Eptesicus gobiensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Gobi Big Brown Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Eptesicus
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Eptesicus gobiensis

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Gobi Big Brown Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Gobi Big Brown Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

Gobi Big Brown Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.