Greater dodder vs Handley's Red Bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Lasiurus atratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Handley's Red Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Lasiurus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Lasiurus atratus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Handley's Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Handley's Red Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Handley's Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.