Balkan Mole vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Talpa stankovici compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

  • Balkan Mole is Least Concern while Stinking Hawk's-beard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Balkan Mole Stinking Hawk's-beard
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Talpidae Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Talpa Crepis
Species Talpa stankovici Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Balkan Mole

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Balkan Mole Stinking Hawk's-beard
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

No description available.

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