Greater dodder vs Javan Surili

Cuscuta europaea compared with Presbytis comata

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Javan Surili is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Javan Surili
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Cuscuta	Presbytis
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Presbytis comata

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Javan Surili

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Javan Surili
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).

Javan Surili

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.