bastard toadflax vs Eastern Mole

Thesium humifusum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• bastard toadflax is Near Threatened while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bastard toadflax	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Santalales (Santalales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Thesiaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Thesium	Scalopus
Species	Thesium humifusum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

bastard toadflax

NT — Near Threatened

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bastard toadflax	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bastard toadflax

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Portugal. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bastard toadflax

The Bastard toadflax (Thesium humifusum) is a species in the genus Thesium. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.