Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin vs Yellow Dodder

Leontocebus fuscus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesson'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 fuscus	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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).