Giant dodder vs North American Badger

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	North American Badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Cuscuta	Taxidea
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	North American Badger
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.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.