Loyalty Long-fingered Bat vs Yellow Dodder

Miniopterus robustior compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Loyalty Long-fingered Bat is Endangered while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loyalty Long-fingered 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	Miniopteridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Miniopterus	Cuscuta
Species	Miniopterus robustior	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Loyalty Long-fingered Bat

EN — Endangered

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Loyalty Long-fingered Bat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Loyalty Long-fingered Bat

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).