Greater dodder vs Zorro Volador de Lord Howe

Cuscuta europaea compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Zorro Volador de Lord Howe is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Zorro Volador de Lord Howe
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Zorro Volador de Lord Howe

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Zorro Volador de Lord Howe
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).

Zorro Volador de Lord Howe

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.