Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Iberian Mole

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Talpa occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Iberian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Aegilops	Talpa
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Talpa occidentalis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Iberian Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.