Large Japanese Mole vs sweet tanglehead

Mogera wogura compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Large Japanese Mole is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Japanese Mole	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Talpidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Mogera	Heteropogon
Species	Mogera wogura	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Japanese Mole	sweet tanglehead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.