Greater dodder vs Lomami Red Colobus

Cuscuta europaea compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Lomami 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 parmentieri

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Lomami 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).

Lomami Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.