Giant dodder vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant dodder	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Solanales (ナス目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cuscuta	Ictidomys
Species	Cuscuta reflexa	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant dodder	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.