Greater dodder vs Midday Jird

Cuscuta europaea compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Meriones
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Midday Jird
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).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.