Button Dodder vs Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Solanales (Nachtschattenartige)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Cuscuta	Onychogalea
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Onychogalea lunata

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.