New Guinean planigale vs Yellow Dodder

Planigale novaeguineae compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• New Guinean planigale is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Guinean planigale	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Planigale	Cuscuta
Species	Planigale novaeguineae	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

New Guinean planigale

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Guinean planigale	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Guinean planigale

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).