Greater dodder vs Mexican woodrat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Neotoma mexicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Mexican woodrat
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	Neotoma
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Neotoma mexicana

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Mexican woodrat
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 woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.