Greater dodder vs Rato de Espinho

Cuscuta europaea compared with Carterodon sulcidens

Key Differences

• Greater dodder is Least Concern while Rato de Espinho is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater dodder	Rato de Espinho
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Carterodon
Species	Cuscuta europaea	Carterodon sulcidens

Conservation Status

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Rato de Espinho

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater dodder	Rato de Espinho
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).

Rato de Espinho

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.