black-bindweed vs Blind Mole

Dioscorea communis compared with Talpa caeca

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Blind Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Blind Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Talpa
Species	Dioscorea communis	Talpa caeca

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Blind Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Blind Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Blind Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Blind Mole

The Blind Mole (Talpa caeca) 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.