Button Dodder vs Daurian Ground Squirrel

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Spermophilus dauricus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Daurian Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (पादप)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class	Magnoliopsida (मैग्नोलियोप्सीडा)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (कृंतक)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cuscuta	Spermophilus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Spermophilus dauricus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Daurian Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Daurian Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.