Gray Red-backed Vole vs Greater dodder

Myodes rufocanus compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cricetidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Myodes	Cuscuta
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway