Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Yellow Dodder

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Cuscuta
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).