Long-tailed Goral vs Yellow Dodder

Naemorhedus caudatus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Goral is Vulnerable while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Goral	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Naemorhedus	Cuscuta
Species	Naemorhedus caudatus	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Goral

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Goral	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Goral

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).