Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse vs Yellow Dodder

Calomyscus elburzensis compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Cuscuta
Species	Calomyscus elburzensis	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goodwin's Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).