Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin vs Yellow Dodder

Leontocebus illigeri compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Callitrichidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Cuscuta
Species	Leontocebus illigeri	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

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).