Greater dodder vs Mentawai Langur

Cuscuta europaea compared with Presbytis potenziani

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Mentawai Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Mentawai Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Cuscuta	Presbytis
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Presbytis potenziani

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mentawai Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Mentawai Langur
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).

Mentawai Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.