Omilteme Cottontail vs Yellow Dodder

Sylvilagus insonus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • Omilteme Cottontail is Data Deficient while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Omilteme Cottontail Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares) Convolvulaceae
Genus Sylvilagus Cuscuta
Species Sylvilagus insonus Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Omilteme Cottontail

DD — Data Deficient

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Omilteme Cottontail Yellow Dodder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Omilteme Cottontail

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).

Omilteme Cottontail

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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