Beaked Clothes vs Eastern Mole

Tinea translucens compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Beaked Clothes is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beaked Clothes	Eastern Mole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Tineidae	Talpidae
Genus	Tinea	Scalopus
Species	Tinea translucens	Scalopus aquaticus

Evolutionary Relationship

Beaked Clothes and Eastern Mole share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Beaked Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beaked Clothes	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beaked Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (Cyprus, Japan), and Europe (23 countries).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beaked Clothes

The Beaked Clothes (Tinea translucens) is a species in the genus Tinea. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.