Greater dodder vs Madagascan fruit bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Eidolon
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Madagascan fruit bat
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).

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.