Alligatorweed vs Eastern Mole

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Alternanthera	Scalopus
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alligatorweed	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.