Greater Chinese Mole vs slender thistle

Euroscaptor grandis compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Chinese Mole	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Talpidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Euroscaptor	Carduus
Species	Euroscaptor grandis	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Chinese Mole	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.