Button Dodder vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Long-tailed 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	Urocitellus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Long-tailed 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.

Long-tailed 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.