Greater dodder vs Japanese Noctule

Cuscuta europaea compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Japanese Noctule
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	Nyctalus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Japanese Noctule
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 Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.