Button Dodder vs Mérida Brocket

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Mazama bricenii

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Mérida Brocket
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Solanales (Bộ Cà)	Artiodactyla (Bộ Guốc chẵn)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Cuscuta	Mazama
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Mazama bricenii

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Mérida Brocket
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.

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.