Greater dodder vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Cuscuta europaea compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Cuscuta	Amblysomus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Marley’s Golden Mole
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).

Marley’s Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.