Giant dodder vs Majestic Pericote

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Phyllotis magister

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Majestic Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Phyllotis
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Phyllotis magister

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Majestic Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Majestic Pericote
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.

Majestic Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.