Acrid lettuce vs Caucasian Mole

Lactuca virosa compared with Talpa caucasica

Key Differences

• Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while Caucasian Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	Caucasian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Lactuca	Talpa
Species	Lactuca virosa	Talpa caucasica

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Caucasian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	Caucasian Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Caucasian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Acrid lettuce

The Acrid lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a species in the genus Lactuca. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Czech Republic.

Caucasian Mole

The Caucasian Mole (Talpa caucasica) is a species in the genus Talpa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.