Hard Maple vs Large Japanese Mole

Acer saccharum compared with Mogera wogura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hard Maple	Large Japanese Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Sapindaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Acer	Mogera
Species	Acer saccharum	Mogera wogura

Conservation Status

Hard Maple

LC — Least Concern

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hard Maple	Large Japanese Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hard Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.