Greater dodder vs Orces's Long-tongued Bat

Cuscuta europaea compared with Lonchophylla orcesi

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Orces's Long-tongued Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Orces's Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Lonchophylla
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Lonchophylla orcesi

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Orces's Long-tongued Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Orces's Long-tongued Bat
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).

Orces's Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.