Crested Cow-Wheat vs Eastern Mole

Melampyrum cristatum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Crested Cow-Wheat is Endangered while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Cow-Wheat	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Orobanchaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Melampyrum	Scalopus
Species	Melampyrum cristatum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Crested Cow-Wheat

EN — Endangered

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Cow-Wheat	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.