Large Japanese Mole vs Yellow Dodder

Mogera wogura compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Large Japanese Mole is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Japanese Mole	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)	Solanales (Bộ Cà)
Family	Talpidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Mogera	Cuscuta
Species	Mogera wogura	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Large Japanese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Japanese Mole	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Japanese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).