gratiola vs Greater Chinese Mole

Gratiola officinalis compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Key Differences

• gratiola is Critically Endangered while Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gratiola	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Plantaginaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Gratiola	Euroscaptor
Species	Gratiola officinalis	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	gratiola	Greater Chinese Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.