Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Greater dodder

Promops davisoni compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Molossidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Promops	Cuscuta
Species	Promops davisoni	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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).