Giant dodder vs Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Dendrogale murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Dendrogale
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Dendrogale murina

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
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 Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.