Giant dodder vs Little Red Flying Fox

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Giant dodder Little Red 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 scapulatus

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Giant dodder Little Red 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.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Giant dodder

No description available.

Little Red Flying Fox

No description available.

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