Greater dodder vs Malayan civet

Cuscuta europaea compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Cuscuta	Viverra
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Malayan civet
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).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.