Giant dodder vs Mountain Goat

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cuscuta	Oreamnos
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Mountain Goat
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.

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.