Greater dodder vs North American Badger

Cuscuta europaea compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	North American Badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Cuscuta	Taxidea
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	North American Badger
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).

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.