Greater dodder vs Lang's Red Colobus

Cuscuta europaea compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Lang's Red Colobus
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	Piliocolobus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Lang's Red Colobus
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).

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.