Button Dodder vs Gray Marmot

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Marmota baibacina

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Gray Marmot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Gray Marmot
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cuscuta	Marmota
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Marmota baibacina

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Gray Marmot
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.

Gray Marmot

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.