Greater dodder vs Madras Treeshrew

Cuscuta europaea compared with Anathana ellioti

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Madras Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Anathana
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Anathana ellioti

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Madras Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Madras Treeshrew
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).

Madras Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.