Button Dodder vs Erizo Orejudo

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Erizo Orejudo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Erizo Orejudo
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Hemiechinus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Erizo Orejudo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Erizo Orejudo
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.

Erizo Orejudo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

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.