Greater dodder vs New Caledonian Flying Fox

Cuscuta europaea compared with Pteropus vetula

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	New Caledonian Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Pteropus vetula

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	New Caledonian Flying Fox
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).

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.