Greater dodder vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Cuscuta europaea compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Ontong Java 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 howensis

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Ontong Java 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).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.