Incan Broad-nosed Bat vs Yellow Dodder

Platyrrhinus incarum compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Incan Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Incan Broad-nosed Bat	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Platyrrhinus	Cuscuta
Species	Platyrrhinus incarum	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Incan Broad-nosed Bat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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).