Button Dodder vs Chinchilla Costina

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Chinchilla lanigera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Chinchilla Costina
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Chinchillidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Chinchilla
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Chinchilla lanigera

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinchilla Costina

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Chinchilla Costina
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.

Chinchilla Costina

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, and Ecuador.

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.