Button Dodder vs Ardilla de Nayarit

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Sciurus nayaritensis

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Ardilla de Nayarit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Ardilla de Nayarit
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cuscuta	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Sciurus nayaritensis

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Ardilla de Nayarit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Ardilla de Nayarit
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.

Ardilla de Nayarit

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.