Nesselseide vs Lemming-Gebirgswühlmaus

Cuscuta europaea compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Nesselseide	Lemming-Gebirgswühlmaus
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Solanales (Nachtschattenartige)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Alticola
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Alticola lemminus

Conservation Status

Nesselseide

LC — Least Concern

Lemming-Gebirgswühlmaus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Nesselseide	Lemming-Gebirgswühlmaus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Nesselseide

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Lemming-Gebirgswühlmaus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.