Balkan Mole vs Lesser calamint

Talpa stankovici compared with Clinopodium nepeta

Key Differences

• Balkan Mole is Least Concern while Lesser calamint is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balkan Mole	Lesser calamint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Talpidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Talpa	Clinopodium
Species	Talpa stankovici	Clinopodium nepeta

Conservation Status

Balkan Mole

LC — Least Concern

Lesser calamint

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balkan Mole	Lesser calamint
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser calamint

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Balkan Mole

The Balkan Mole (Talpa stankovici) 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. Like other members of its genus, this species plays a role in its native ecosystem.