Giant dodder vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Giant dodder is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Cuscuta	Lepilemur
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
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’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.