Greater dodder vs Japanese Long-eared Bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Plecotus sacrimontis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Japanese Long-eared 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	Plecotus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Plecotus sacrimontis

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Japanese Long-eared 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).

Japanese Long-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.