Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Yellow Dodder

Dendrogale murina compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Cuscuta
Species	Dendrogale murina	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

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).