Greater dodder vs Iberian Mole

Cuscuta europaea compared with Talpa occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Iberian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Talpa
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Talpa occidentalis

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Iberian Mole
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).

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.