Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Greater dodder

Carollia subrufa compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Carollia	Cuscuta
Species	Carollia subrufa	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).