American Pumpkin vs Eastern Mole

Cucurbita pepo compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Scalopus
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.