Giant dodder vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Carollia subrufa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Gray Short-tailed 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	Carollia
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Gray Short-tailed 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.

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.