Greater dodder vs Duiquero de Jentink

Cuscuta europaea compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Duiquero de Jentink is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Duiquero de Jentink
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cuscuta	Cephalophus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Duiquero de Jentink

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Duiquero de Jentink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Duiquero de Jentink

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.