Greater dodder vs Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Platyrrhinus incarum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Platyrrhinus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Platyrrhinus incarum

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Incan Broad-nosed 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).

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.