Large Japanese Mole vs Septicweed

Mogera wogura compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Large Japanese Mole Septicweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Talpidae Fabaceae
Genus Mogera Senna
Species Mogera wogura Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Large Japanese Mole Septicweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Large Japanese Mole

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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