Fiveangled dodder vs Musaraña de Campo

Cuscuta pentagona compared with Crocidura suaveolens

Key Differences

• Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated while Musaraña de Campo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiveangled dodder	Musaraña de Campo
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Crocidura
Species	Cuscuta pentagona	Crocidura suaveolens

Conservation Status

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Musaraña de Campo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiveangled dodder	Musaraña de Campo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Musaraña de Campo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (9 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇳🇴 Norway