Greater dodder vs Ardillón mexicano

Cuscuta europaea compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Ardillón mexicano
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	Ictidomys
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Ardillón mexicano

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Ardillón mexicano
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).

Ardillón mexicano

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.