Fiveangled dodder vs Cachicamo Sabanero

Cuscuta pentagona compared with Dasypus sabanicola

Key Differences

• Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated while Cachicamo Sabanero is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiveangled dodder	Cachicamo Sabanero
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Dasypus
Species	Cuscuta pentagona	Dasypus sabanicola

Conservation Status

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Cachicamo Sabanero

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiveangled dodder	Cachicamo Sabanero
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).

Cachicamo Sabanero

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia