Greater dodder vs Pacific white-sided dolphin

Cuscuta europaea compared with Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Pacific white-sided dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Cuscuta	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Pacific white-sided dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Pacific white-sided dolphin
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).

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.