Giant dodder vs Great Flying Fox

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Great Flying Fox
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.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.