Greater dodder vs Mexican free-tailed bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Tadarida brasiliensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Mexican free-tailed bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Tadarida
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Tadarida brasiliensis

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mexican free-tailed bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Mexican free-tailed bat
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).

Mexican free-tailed bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.