Greater dodder vs Large Japanese Mole

Cuscuta europaea compared with Mogera wogura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Large Japanese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Mogera
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Mogera wogura

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Large Japanese Mole
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).

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.