black-bindweed vs Broad-footed Mole

Dioscorea communis compared with Scapanus latimanus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Broad-footed 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	Scapanus
Species	Dioscorea communis	Scapanus latimanus

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Broad-footed Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Broad-footed 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.

Broad-footed 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.

Broad-footed Mole

The Broad-footed Mole (Scapanus latimanus) is a species in the genus Scapanus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.