Giant dodder vs Northern elephant seal

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Mirounga angustirostris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Northern elephant seal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Cuscuta	Mirounga
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Mirounga angustirostris

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Northern elephant seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Northern elephant seal
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.

Northern elephant seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.