Greater dodder vs Potto

Cuscuta europaea compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Perodicticus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Potto
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).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.