Greater dodder vs Gato-do-mato

Cuscuta europaea compared with Leopardus tigrinus

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Gato-do-mato is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Gato-do-mato
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Cuscuta	Leopardus
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Leopardus tigrinus

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Gato-do-mato

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Gato-do-mato
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Gato-do-mato

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.