Greater dodder vs Mandarin Vole

Cuscuta europaea compared with Lasiopodomys mandarinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Mandarin Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Lasiopodomys
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Lasiopodomys mandarinus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mandarin Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Mandarin Vole
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).

Mandarin Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.