Cretan Hard-grass vs Eastern Mole

Aegilops caudata compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cretan Hard-grass	Eastern 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	Scalopus
Species	Aegilops caudata	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Cretan Hard-grass

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cretan Hard-grass	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cretan Hard-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France and Mexico.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.