Cupped Ear vs Greater Chinese Mole

Otidea cantharella compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Otideaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Otidea	Euroscaptor
Species	Otidea cantharella	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Greater Chinese Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.