Goat's-beard vs Large Japanese Mole

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Mogera wogura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Large Japanese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Tragopogon	Mogera
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Mogera wogura

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Large Japanese Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.